[mlyle]

Not everything beneficial to the world has a viable business model.

In the best case, you get to change the world and make a bunch of money. Sometimes, you just have a viable business selling sugar water. And other times, you're doing something really good that's just not going to get you paid.

There's nothing wrong with the last thing, other than its potential lack of sustainability.

I'm now a teacher; I could easily make 10x my comp elsewhere; possibly 100x. Measured on your scale, the only value is what I'm getting paid. But it turns out that those good feelings are worth something to me.

[kevmo314]

I don't think anyone is arguing that the good feelings aren't worth anything but rather that we are all humans with mouths to feed at the end of the day. If your comp went down 90% or even started costing you substantial money, at some point you too would probably reconsider being a teacher.

[ihid]

> And other times, you're doing something really good that's just not going to get you paid.

This. I feel that this has been missed in the thread a little.