Comments by "" (@kunibald128) on "My dream died, and now I'm here" video.

@vicnighthorse No, the "profit motive" is not a universal necessity. Many endeavours in human history (including but not limited to many scientific discoveries) have been driven by entirely different motivations, such as (among others) genuine curiosity and love of the truth. The idea that personal profit is at the basis of every human behaviour is nothing more than a working assumption, which does explain several aspects of reality, but definitely not all of them.
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@vicnighthorse I may have misinterpreted your words. I have no interest in arguing with you specifically, so I will reply not to contradict you but to refine my earlier observation and perhaps even find a common ground with you. I obviously agree that greed predates capitalism. It is however a distinctive trait of our epoch and in particular of our capitalistic civilization to organise our societies under the assumption that the maximization of individual profit is the main driver of everyone's behaviour. Perhaps this is not your own thought (happy to learn that) but it is a very widespread view, which has a negative impact on many apsects of our societies, including (among many others) the way academia and scientific research are organised.
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