A world without money.

[justaguy]

Originally Posted by Arch0wl

Most people have covered what I was going to say ("if there wasn't money, something would take its place") but there's one other thing I'd like to add:

People do not always do things for strict monetary compensation. Sometimes the 'compensation' is more indirect. On the internet, for example, recognition goes a long way. In fact, the entire open source community runs on recognition. Community service runs on the feeling that you've accomplished something good and made someone's life better. Though, calling this 'compensation' is really stretching the term.

sure, yeah. it's an implicit benefit of working or performing any task free of charge. ie making stepfiles and graphics gets you KNOWN in this community. but it is implicit, so there's no way of quantifying the benefits across multiple individuals... which is why having explicit benefits quantifiable to everyone works well.

also hey arch0wl how u been

edit: chances of me ever making a post that long again on this site = Slim2None Because The Implicit Benefit Reaped From Spending However Long Typing Posts Of That Length Ceased To Exist Years Ago.