There may or may not be a method to this madness.

petermorwood:

trekcore:

Gene Roddenberry posited a future utopian society which, among other things, had done away with money.

Gene Roddenberry also wrote lyrics for the ST:OS theme tune which were never used because Roddenberry himself cancelled their use (besides, they’re crap) .

He wrote them solely in order to qualify for “co-creator” status so he could grab 50% of the fee and royalties paid to composer Alexander Courage, who didn’t know it was being done until after it had happened.

True story: see here and here.