Gladly, my day job as a scientist is a work of love. I would keep figuring out nature even if Elon Musk handed me half a trillion dollars. My source of happiness cannot be traded for money.
For that reason, I was surprised when a group of fundraisers approached me this week with the proposal of placing my creative work on
Medium.com, accessible for free at
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/ , under a paywall. I explained that my writings are a work of love that cannot be tainted by fundraising. If I were to write essays to my audience in order to make a profit, I would not be free to write about anything in any form I like. The fountain of creativity in science, literature or art stems from a fundamental sense of freedom. The minute you place the reins on a wild horse and force it to pull a carriage for financial benefits — that horse loses its natural beauty. With over a million readers per month, I insist on keeping my essays free for public consumption because my goal is science outreach and not money making.
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