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"Human beings act in ways that are motivated by economic rationality, and will always seek to maximize profit"
*looks upon millions and millions of words of fan fiction*
friend
your model has something of an explanatory gap
The science agrees that people are generally not motivated by economic benefit, especially when it comes to anything that involves thinking (e.g. writing).
The only area where economic benefit seems to motivate is mindless scutwork.