Capitalism - Good or bad ?

[Mairead]

105. I think I've already answered that

People conform their behavior to the situation they're in. In a pathological environment, most people's behavior becomes more pathological. Ours is extremely pathological.

Note that Wozniak didn't bother to help Jobs exploit his creation. Money is what's called a "hygiene" factor: above a certain amount, it ceases to motivate. The point at which it stops working varies with the individual. For the status-gamers, whose needs are pathological rather than real, that point is never reached. For someone like Wozniak, it's reached at the point where they have enough to do what they want.

Jobs formed the corporation to meet his needs. In a healthier situation, he might well have been satisfied by forming a cooperative corporation. We'll never know what he would have done. But many people do act in more pro-social ways even in this environment so we know that it's a completely realistic possibility in general.