Is there a collective of people who just make things out of the goodness of their heart for the better of the society??

Probably thousands, but they don't last long

@Jilano Why do you think that happens?
Is it because
- Goals don't align
- No incentives
- Outcomes never achieved
Or some other reasons

I don’t have changes...

@aviophile umm didn't get you?

@msrivastava574 me neither.

@aviophile 😂

With a few ex-colleagues (quite a lot actually, over the years) we thought multiple times about making a cooperative, taking only projects for non-profits, NGO, ethical, etc etc

We never did it. Yet.

@WeAreMany What were the challenges? Lack of motive or never got around initiating it?

@msrivastava574

I would assume money. You have only 24 hours in a day, gotta spend 8 hours for salaried work, you are not left with much.

Yes. But they become hungry and homeless rather quickly.

@msrivastava574 I would say all of the above and more.
Not everyone can spend that amount of energy for nothing in return and still get insulted/harassed by people demanding shit all the time. It gets old very quickly

@Jilano That's true. Agreed

Some projects do make it, but only very few.

They also find a way to monetize because free work still takes effort, and no one wants to work for free — and nor should they.

No.

However, there was this one time that really worked well for a while. But the problem of outside competition encroaching on the labor pool caused its demise. Oh, and a strong and antagonistic federal government threatening to seize land and assets from the religious order caused people to want to disband to protect what they had been building.

https://utahhistoricalmarkers.org/e...

@msrivastava574 just life... You know, wives, husbands, kids...

There is a huge level of uncertainty about stability that comes with it.

But folks, it's a common misconception to think you can't make an income from it. NGO, foundations and others have budget. We talked to a few to confirm that.

Of course, it's not going to make you rich... maybe it won't even be decent but I guess the idea isn't about money. If you have a small team where everyone has a partner with decent income, it's totally possible.