We might be equal in an abstract sense; but in particulars we are very different. If you are alien or opaque to me then the uncertainty about you is a risk. Risk devalues.
Flip side: giving work away free devalues. Is your work valuable enough that others will pay a tidy sum to own it outright? If your effort is not valuable enough for anyone to pay for it, is it worth paying you for?
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We might be equal in an abstract sense; but in particulars we are very different. If you are alien or opaque to me then the uncertainty about you is a risk. Risk devalues.
Flip side: giving work away free devalues. Is your work valuable enough that others will pay a tidy sum to own it outright? If your effort is not valuable enough for anyone to pay for it, is it worth paying you for?