There should be a construct in our societies for people who made exceptional contributions (without monetary gains) to get a lifelong pension so that they can keep on doing what they love without worrying about money.,(reply>), @Corey Tyhurst at the university this works only if you like to manage and delegating the research (via your PhDs and Postdocs) instead of doing it yourself,(reply>), My impression is that’s what the Universities were for… but you can see from this conversation that the incentive and reward structure has either deteriorated or hasn’t kept up with the times to enable the society wide value creators to flourish within the academy.