[adamsea]

Yes but also the entire definition of "profitable" vs "unprofitable" work is messed up.

Simple example: The real, measurable costs of pollution - illness, polluted drinking water, etc - are externalized and so companies doing said polluting are "profitable." Would they still be profitable if those costs were not externalized? I suspect not.

Similarly I suspect there are externalities not being accounted for, for self-interested reasons on the parts of those collecting the profit, when assessing which types of work are profitable or not.

[pixl97]

Hmm, in your incentive system, human exterminator might be the most profitable job title.