There are no chefs at McDonalds lol! But to answer your question, yes. I write because I hope I have something to offer in the free marketplace of ideas. Information, and truth (particularly truth) are vital for society to grow and go forward in any meaningful sense. I'll be dead in a year or two and whatever money I have accumulated (here or anywhere else) will stay where it is. I only hope I've said something that made someone think, or perhaps see things in a slightly different light. I think it was Plato who said that if someone quotes you, you have achieved immortality. I don't care about immortality, but I do hope I can make some small difference. You can't put a price on that.