I have stayed out of this conversation because the whole idea of "an economics based analysis" is foreign to me. Life can't be reduced to a formula, not even "The love you take is equal to the love you make." Ms. Jones seems to have found an insight much closer to reality.

Trying to puzzle out whether fun is profitable seems to me a bit too much like trying to squeeze life into a cubbyhole. I'm with you -- the goal should be to make your means of earning profits as much fun as possible. It shouldn't be an either/or.