Re:Tell HN: I’d like to sponsor your passion project
by trevyn on Saturday January 02, 2016 @01:53PM
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Lorenzo, thanks for bringing up these points. I'm not 100% sure what my motivations are either, but I want to do something. This amount of money is very little to me, so I'm not actually expecting anything in return.
In fact, I feel like this desire for tit-for-tat returns and legal frameworks for ownership and remuneration are some of the problem -- they destroy our innate generosity and humanity.
I'm fascinated by the gap between smart people who can execute and traditional systems of funding and employment. Some people get lost in that transition, and half the time it's because they have to tweak their project to meet these expectations of return. This makes the project "not theirs" in a way, and kills some intrinsic motivation.
In fact, I feel like this desire for tit-for-tat returns and legal frameworks for ownership and remuneration are some of the problem -- they destroy our innate generosity and humanity.
I'm fascinated by the gap between smart people who can execute and traditional systems of funding and employment. Some people get lost in that transition, and half the time it's because they have to tweak their project to meet these expectations of return. This makes the project "not theirs" in a way, and kills some intrinsic motivation.
And motivation is everything.