onafriday 0 points1 point 4 months ago

Well those scientists were also interested in constant progression, their area of study is just different.

I’m just proposing it’s an innate (to some) human quality

all_awful 0 points1 point 4 months ago

Exactly. And it's not related to profit, which is just about greed.

We could get rid of money and inventors would keep inventing. Not that I'm proposing that, it would be incredibly impractical, but we don't need for-profit corporations to make the world a better place. We don't need whole industries focused on working people to death for ROI.

You know why I know that inventors keep inventing even if unpaid? Because I'm one of those people. If I'm not paid to create stuff, I still create stuff. I can't stop. And this is the same with every other creator who makes worthwhile stuff. I've made games, I've written books, I made a board game, and so far I haven't even bothered to charge for it. When I'm not able to create, I get depressed.