Re:Rank-reversal aversion may be causing more social problem...
by naasking on Saturday July 15, 2017 @12:03PM
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> Not everyone produces the same amount of value
Agreed.
> They deserve more compensation because their work is worth more. [...] removes any incentive for individuals to excel and solve problems in a productive and creative way.
How does that follow from your premise above? It seems you're also assuming that only financial incentives motivate people to do good work. Do you actually believe that's true? Because psychological studies have shown that people who things for financial incentives actually perform worse than those who do them for non-financial reasons.
So frankly the evidence doesn't support the premise that financial incentives are useful. So you have to justify that they are somehow necessary.
They deserve more compensation because their work is worth more. It is that simple. Not everyone produces the same amount of value - in fact, how much value people produce at work usually diffes by a lot!
Someone who shovels dirt by hand moves less dirt in a year than one person with machines in a day. The idea that everyone produces equal value is not only ludicrous, it is deeply toxic and removes any incentive for individuals to excel and solve problems in a productive and creative way.