It's a very interesting notion to me.. I spend my days thinking about the predatory environment of jobs in our 'modern' culture. I also believe that with a different seed, we could all have evolved job cultures very very much more iguanian.
I really like the way you think! The open source movement is really getting closer and closer to this organizational structure.
When you stop thinking about "how do I sell this software to other people so I can buy the things I need", and instead move to a model of everybody building software that can help humans obtain the things they need, I think the world changes.
It's important to separate what we feel is productive work, from what will actually produce the most work on aggregate across society.
I think we can build a world where those who feel they need downward or lateral pressure to get things done can have this, but not at the expense of everyone else.
