is this true? ideas shd be paid more because they benefit more?

Question

what if someone puts ten yrs work into an idea and the idea benefits billions? - shd the pay be related to the work or the benefit? - the developers of the tetrapak are richer than the queen: can we afford to pay ppl in proportion to the benefit? - or shd we compensate the sacrifice [the work, the time, the energy]? is the person solely responsible for the idea? or is an idea built on a cultural level?
and isnt the idea a gift of nature/muse/pegasus/mind?

letting the market decide is just laziness, madness, because we know the market is not fair [eg, the market paying for scarcity, which is not a sacrifice by the person - eg, bill gates raking billions just because of the scarcity built in to new technology - hgh dmnd, lw spply]

apart from the hrs of work, thought, development, etc, the idea is free to the person who has it - why do we pay for a freebie of nature?

the market does not pay in proportion to the benefit, but we justify high pay by the market reward

Answer 1

The payment should be based on how beneficial is the idea and how far this particular idea is brought into reality.

As the saying goes, "1% inspiration, 99% perspiration". You may have the best idea that benefit the whole world greatly and eliminate all the bad guys and start a new era of total world peace, happiness and prosperity. But if you don't carry out the idea, then it's as good as nothing. Or if you did carry it out, but didn't execute it as best you can that can utilize the idea's benefits fully, then it's just slightly better than nothing.

But the best benefit is the one that goes for FREE. Why? Say if you have an idea and turn it into a product that benefit a person $100,000 and you ask for $100,000, do you really think this person benefitted from your idea? It's merely an exchange, not benefit-giving. But what if you ask for $1,000, then the benefit will just be $99,000, which is just slightly better.

Things that is free that benefits humankind greatly - the Internet. You only pay for the connection, but that's to a different company.

Answer 2

The market is fair because it pays for getting things done actually providing something of value.

Paying for effort only is the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard.

If you wanted walls knocked down you don't pay people who push on walls you pay for people to knock them over. If a guy pushes on a wall for 8 hours and the wall doesn't fall over he hasn't accomplished anything and hasn't earned a dime. Regardless of how much useless effort he expended.

Your problem is you are trying to logically argue an illogical position.