>I put that there just for you : )
>The point is that work that has its own rewards we will do--even
>happily--without the incentive of high pay. Can't pay Einstein or Kunstler
>what they're worth so just make sure they have enough to do their thing.
>(And yes, I have, as a layperson working with lawyers to get the
>law/politics
>right. Preferred it to housepainting.)
>
>JB, non-esq.
I'd write philosophy and legal theory for free. I do. Apart from pro bono work, I would not write legal briefs for free. I like it, but it is hard, relentless, grinding work. Long hours, little sleep. It is, in fact, physically demanding. You just try three straight weeks of 15 hours days, and that's 15 hrs of work, not sitting on your duff. Btw you CAN pay lawyers what they are worth. We're not Einstein. Even when we're Kunstler. Who made his bucks shilling for megacorps, mostly oil biz. Charged them a pretty penny too. If you care about your outcomes, you will pay them what they are worth too.
People have taken your view with teachers, you can't pay them what they are worth, so why try, indeed, the ingrates, they should do it for love. Part of the result is that good people don't go into teaching. I have no beef with paying lots more for hard, dirty, dangerous, or repetitive work. But I don't accept the resentment involved in the idea that people who work in offices shouldn't be paid decently, they should do it for love.
jks
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