Not really. Care to explain?

Nope. If you don't get it, it's probably lost on you, which makes it even more painful to see people so gifted squander their abilities. There are so many problems to solve and so few people who can solve them.

Personally I'm happy enough when I see people just choosing activities that don't cause more problems.

It sounds like you just have a lot of judgement about what is and is not valuable work in the world, and would rather hide behind condescension than be honest about that.

Okay, I get your point. But surely waitressing is better for society than writing poetry?

Depends on how good you are. Something like this will be inspiring people for a long time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWvcwVWCcnY