9 Out of 10 People Are Willing to Earn Less Money to Do More-Meaningful Work

I wonder what the difference is between what people will claim on surveys vs actual behavior.

Here's a study that says the opposite (unless you make >100k/yr) https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cutting-edge-leaders...

Does HN anticipate 'run for fun' becomes 'work for good'? In that the idea of putting yourself through physical and mental toil; investing in time, tools, gear, travel; effectively making a lifestyle around the personal development that comes from running will also happen to work.

Feels to me like many anticipate the possibility of a welfare state created by AI job loss will push people to scale back their financial needs to be able to fill their time with meaning. Will all work start to look like NGOs (modest compensation, local impact, ethical alignment, ala 'barn-raising')?

I guess I'm the 1 out of 10 who will never think of this. "Meaningful" is in the eye of the beholder afterall.