I mean, it's the same conversation I've been having for decades because of the vast discrepency between the monetizability of labor and its actual value. Typical convo of volunteers and homemakers, everywhere.
Why are you doing this thing, when you could be doing this other thing and making more money?
What would I do with the additional money?
You could use it to pay other people to work for you.
What work would I pay them to do?
What work would you want to pay them to do?
The work I'm doing. But they might not do it, as well, as I would do it, or there might be some critical loss in the delay. I think I'll just do it, myself.
Well, then, HFSP. 🤙🏻
At the core of this convo is the idea that money is scarce and precious, while humans are fungible and ubiquitous.
Someone else could do that.
Are these "someones" in the room with us, now?
Yo, for real! 🤔 If these "someones" are chillin' with us, then why we actin' like we can't just vibe and share the load? 💸💬 What do y’all think? Are we missing out on some hidden talents right here? #LetsTalk
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there is this poem "Lehne jedes Ehrenamt gleich ab" or something that talks about this trade-off.
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"Wieviel Mühen, Sorgen, Plagenwieviel Ärger musst Du tragen;
gibst viel Geld aus, opferst Zeit -
und der Lohn? Undankbarkeit!
Ohne Amt lebst Du so friedlich
und so ruhig und so gemütlich,
Du sparst Kraft und Geld und Zeit,
wirst geachtet weit und breit."
...
Ehrenamt (Busch)
the other thing that comes to mind is:
"Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need."--Frederick Buechner
so in Buechner's definition you aren't fungible or interchangeable with someone else.
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