20 Mar 11
Originally posted by AThousandYoungThe brains will drain to other pursuits due to lack of motivation, perhaps. Or, at least, a portion of the brainpower that could have developed something great will be wasted as uninspired by lack of incentive to use it to its utmost.
Yeah, basically.
Where do you think our brains will drain to? We're the place that obtains everyone else's brain drain.
21 Mar 11
Originally posted by twhiteheadThe directors are often the top talent. Certainly the highest officers are often the top talent. Their incentive to innovate further is decreased by caps on their earnings potential.
You talked about directors and share holders, now you are talking about top talent - not the same thing at all.
22 Mar 11
Originally posted by sh76Umm...most of our brains are already drained to other pursuits (like organized crime) because of lack of motivation due to our economic policies. In any case, they're not going somewhere else. They'll still be here.
The brains will drain to other pursuits due to lack of motivation, perhaps. Or, at least, a portion of the brainpower that could have developed something great will be wasted as uninspired by lack of incentive to use it to its utmost.
You still sem to assume that money naturally goes with productivity. That's not true in reality!
22 Mar 11
Originally posted by AThousandYoungThe primary incentive to produce is money. That's the way life is. Do you disagree?
Umm...most of our brains are already drained to other pursuits (like organized crime) because of lack of motivation due to our economic policies. In any case, they're not going somewhere else. They'll still be here.
You still sem to assume that money naturally goes with productivity. That's not true in reality!
Would you do your job if you weren't getting paid?
22 Mar 11
Originally posted by sh76Money is a primary constraint on production but by no means always the primary motivation. I'm sure you can think of examples to illustrate this.
The primary incentive to produce is money. That's the way life is. Do you disagree?
Would you do your job if you weren't getting paid?
22 Mar 11
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Originally posted by sh76The primary incentive to produce in a capitalist society is money. Your greatest fault by far, the one which will doom you to a lifetime of abject mediocrity, is your inability to see that the way that society happens to be arranged is wholly contingent. It is not at all a necessary arrangement.
The primary incentive to produce is money. That's the way life is. Do you disagree?
Would you do your job if you weren't getting paid?
The question is not "would you do your job if you weren't getting paid?", but, rather, "would you do your job if you didn't need to get paid?" The answer for a vast majority of humanity, I strongly suspect, is 'NO.' We've built a society where the bulk of humanity is forced into jobs that no sane human would want in order to produce things we don't really need.
22 Mar 11
Originally posted by rwingettIn other words, I'm a realist.
The primary incentive to produce in a capitalist society is money. Your greatest fault by far, the one which will doom you to a lifetime of abject mediocrity, is your inability to see that the way that society happens to be arranged is wholly contingent. It is not at all a necessary arrangement.
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