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> The endgame for any living being is maximize return for as minimal effort.

I’m a cynical person but this is way beyond what I think. You don’t have to go far to see counter examples where someone has done something pretty great for which they get little return but spent a lot of effort. Skimming the front page on HN today has some examples.

The examples I found: the WLED link, the large format camera blog post and the thing about Tolkien.