Not sure why you were downvoted. I think you're probably right about a lot of that. I do know that it's certainly the case for me. I have a lot of talent, but I can't harness it unless I find a project I truly believe in. But who's to say which projects are worthwhile, which projects genuinely help humanity? Not everything we do and breathe needs to be activism against injustice all the time. Take pico8 as an example. That has rejuvenated the joy and wonder of countless aging programmers, and probably taught many young people how to make games. Is that not inherently a good thing? And it made money doing it, should it not?