I'm a moderator on a forum that is based in the UK...we are a group of Developers and Flight Simulator aficionados that use an Open Source Flight Sim Software (FlightGear) that has been being developed for decades +. We have a *very* sophisticated, realistic, powerful, and flexible engine and dozens of highly developed aircraft models and flight systems. Every Saturday now for many years we get together with sometimes as many as a dozen pilots and fly together over virtual airspace. The flight lasts 2 hours and we have people from all over the UK, Europe, and USA all flying together over the 'Net and we have a great time talking shop, economics, politics, food, etc but the thing that stuns me most is how much we have accomplished at a very sophisticated level with no Boss, no brick and mortar resources, and *no money* has changed hands.
We have developed systems and sophisticated software over many years with no money changing hands. There doesn't have to be money involved and actually I feel that the whole concept spoils the soup. That everyone is motivated to excellence because of the lure of personal gain is a myth. Happy healthy humans will contribute and learn and study and achieve without the filth of money.....the whole team prospers, we all work together and delegate tasks to the people that most like to do them and are most interested in contributing. The continued success and participation of all people is thrilling and a reward unto it's own.
It can be done....highly successful and sophisticated things can be developed and improved without anyone getting paid or without anyone being The Boss or getting the profit. I smirk when people say that without a "job" most people will sit on their ass and do nothing all day....surely, some will. But most people love to contribute and improve and make cool stuff. The success of the whole is more important to a single individual running the show....Humans are social animals and adore to be part of the whole. It's the one's that have to get 10,000X what everyone else has and need to justify their genius by having more money/power than everyone else that need purged and slapped down.
It's not normal.
VooDoo
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