Comment by collinmcnulty
Comment by collinmcnulty 3 days ago
Friend, go to a community theatre production and you will find people engaged in something for which there is no economic incentive. Or learning a new language after retirement. Or playing church softball. There’s more to life than money, and there’s good in the world dollars can’t capture.
We're talking about academia, not hobbies. Academics expect to get paid in both money and social status.
As do churches and community theaters, by the way. They tend to expect donations. If nobody ever donated money they'd shut down.