> the others have found things to do mostly because people like doing stuff rather then because they's starve otherwise. I've seen variations of this statement

> the others have found things to do mostly because people like doing stuff rather then because they's starve otherwise. I've seen variations of this statement many times on HN, that is, "there's no such thing as disutility of labor". I'm a bit skeptical. I believe a lot of software people enjoy their jobs, and some keep working even though they don't hve to, but I doubt that's the case for the bulk of the world's urban population. Also, people have many other material demands (sometimes called "needs") besides food and shelter. Viz. the common complaint by SV developers that "a 6 digit salary isn't much".