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I'd be more invested in something which improves the human condition but that's a 1 in 100,000 job.
I think the ratio is much larger.
But consider that market forces do work:
Since a lot of people want to do such a job, the salary will be quite low (i.e. so low that there won't be a long queue of people who want to do the job for such a low salary; the salary will just be high enough that the positions can be filled), thus these jobs will typically only be attractive to people really who want to put their money where their mouth is (i.e. their willingness to improve the human condition is so huge that they are willing to accept such low salaries).
On the other hand, the salaries of "bullshit jobs" or jobs where you do evil things will be much larger, because otherwise the company will have difficulties filling the positions.
I think the ratio is much larger.
But consider that market forces do work:
Since a lot of people want to do such a job, the salary will be quite low (i.e. so low that there won't be a long queue of people who want to do the job for such a low salary; the salary will just be high enough that the positions can be filled), thus these jobs will typically only be attractive to people really who want to put their money where their mouth is (i.e. their willingness to improve the human condition is so huge that they are willing to accept such low salaries).
On the other hand, the salaries of "bullshit jobs" or jobs where you do evil things will be much larger, because otherwise the company will have difficulties filling the positions.