EJ, what is your motivation?

[BK]

Re: EJ, what is your motivation?

Why does the artist paint?
Why does the guitarist play?
Why does the singer sing?
Why does the writer write?
Most of the time they get payment for their services.

I'm curious why Stanley2008 asks about motivation behind i-tulip?
Is the melody of the musician less sweet or the painting less breathtaking or the passage from the great book less captivating when you learn the creator has been paid?

[lektrode]

Re: EJ, what is your motivation?

my .02 (J6p) - after reading most - well, a lot of Mr J's stuff - as well as the audience (primarily the paying subscribers, ie: the ones that put their money where their mouths/typing fingers are at) comments/contributions ?

is that an altruistic philosophy is Mr J's primary motivation to enlighten the subscriber base (as to how the FIreM 'industrial complex' - that is the 'political economy' - and how it is screwing The Rest of US)

and theres plenty of evidence around here to corroborate my opinion/observation.

not the least of which are the subscription rates, which are a fraction of what some others are getting - without nearly the voluminous data that Mr J assembles/documents to substantiate/backup his output.

[stanley2008]

Mr. Janszen,
You have an impressive track record in predicting the path of the US economy, perhaps second to none.
The motivation for many who sell their financial predictions and advice is profit. What is yours?

If I may speculate, I would guess that you are largely motivated by 2 factors:
A) profit from subscriptions
B) gratification from being "right"

I suspect that like many brilliant individuals B plays a larger role in motivating you than does A, especially as I assume you are quite wealthy.

I am interested in your motivations because the reason a person does something is often very valuable in evaluating their analysis.