i do see what you mean. wish i could articulate clearly why i disagree. some feeling that the world *should* (and can!) support art.
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Also, I really think you should give me n money, to support my writing. How about it? I'm a blogger, you're a rich programmer, eh?
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Well if you level up debate to basic income, we're talking about a different environment altogether, where writing bad books is fine
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That is exactly the distinction between authoritarian imposition of elite tastes and pluralist taste economy isn't it?
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I'm not sure we're actually in disagreement. Gould pursued artistic goals in a financially self-indulgent way. And paid the price.
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Yeah, the schadenfreude was at the lifestyle, debt, agonizing over stressed relationships...

