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Old 05-17-2011, 12:46 PM   #98
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I am not a great writer and never will be, but before I am forced to produce anything for free for a bunch of greedy "takers" I, and I believe I am not alone, will stop creating for the bunch of Socialist/Marxist who are incapable of creating on their own. ...we are all lazy to some extent and only work and produce when there is something to be gained as individuals. ...All of this free nonsense will simply drive every endeavor to the point of mediocrity and failure.
That's a pretty bleak outlook on things.

Taking the issue of giving or taking peoples work off the table, and just looking at your view on people and their motivations. Here's a really interesting short video of what really motivates us:
You can skip to 6:44 if you don't want to see it all, but its interesting.

It stipulates that you have highly skilled people volounteer their time, sometimes 20 and 30 hours a week and work for free. Challenge, Mastery and making a contribution is the key elements of what motivates us.

Working in a creative environment myself and seeing what my colleges are making in their sparetime, I agree with the above.

Some people might be lazy and only motivated by monetary rewards, but alot of people are motivated by more than that.
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