...which is exactly his point. People will do things that are objectively not in their best interest (become scientists, poets, or French poetry critics) because we&#x27;ve been strongly inculcated in that whole &quot;do what you love&quot; &quot;everything is worth it as long as [you touch someone with your art] [your science is remembered after you die] [insert reason here]&quot; philosophy.
Which means those fields get a free pass to treat their members horribly, and people will still gravitate towards them in huge numbers, because &quot;do what you love&quot; is so strongly ingrained in us.<p>A perfect example is that game dev crunch article that was going around a few days ago: if you&#x27;re complaining about 80 hour work weeks you don&#x27;t <i>really</i> love what you&#x27;re doing!