>>>Question....on the "who had no expectations of reward".....how do you know this? Are you trying to say that the early ones had no mindset of possible opportunities to benefit themselves? I continue to harbor great curiosity on how you know all of this. Please, specifics....
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>Sample: Lisa Slater took on the role of archivist in the Compuserve days. Identify the possible opportunities to benefit herself?

I have no clue. Maybe the process of archiving helped her in managing content. Maybe it was just something where she had a vision of how something should work. Lisa was a big reporting/reporting process person, and sometimes people who work in certain disciplines have certain mindsets. Sometimes people do things without a big reason.

You'd have to ask her.