William T Goodall wrote:
>Jim Sharkey wrote:
>>Because there's more to life than a low stress level?
>Not much.

Tell that to every Type A personality out there.

>>Because you did a favorable cost-benefit analysis?
>Enormous costs and intangible benefits that sound like members of 
>a cult :)

Costs not that enormous, benefits quite tangible.  YMMV.

>>Because if no one did it, we'd be extinct in about a hundred 
>>years, give or take a decade or so?  :)
>I won't be around then anyway?

Then why even bother getting up in the morning?  Why make long term 
plans of any kind?  Hell, none of us are going to be around; time to
stop conserving energy, recycling, investing in research of any kind 
or doing anything at all that might not do me any immediate good!  
Woo-hoo!!!!  *cranks the thermostat up to 25 C*

>>For the rest of us, I suppose we just suck it up and deal.
>Why?

'Cause we like the job.  Go fig.

Jim

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