Comparing Paid And Social Hierarchy
How much we get paid compared to others is clearly of importance to us. It says something about our social position, our value in the social hierarchy. (p89) because it says something about our ‘value’ in the social hierarchy.
Getting paid is central to our idea of work and a hobby because one of them is paid and the other is not, even though they can take the same amount of physical and mental effort.
People who do something for free, for purely idealistic reasons, tend to become less satisfied if they start getting paid. One would expect the opposite. After all, if you continue to do something you like, but also get paid to do it, you presumably have a good deal. The problem is that it changes one’s relation to the activity itself. It transforms
Getting paid is central to our idea of work and a hobby because one of them is paid and the other is not, even though they can take the same amount of physical and mental effort.
People who do something for free, for purely idealistic reasons, tend to become less satisfied if they start getting paid. One would expect the opposite. After all, if you continue to do something you like, but also get paid to do it, you presumably have a good deal. The problem is that it changes one’s relation to the activity itself. It transforms