Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 26, 2015HeheheQuote Tweetzem@zem42·Jul 26, 2015"how much my novel cost me" https://medium.com/@emilygould/how-much-my-novel-cost-me-35d7c8aec846…2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 26, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 schadenfreude at self-indulgent conspicuous production. http://ribbonfarm.com/2013/07/10/you-are-not-an-artisan/…1
zem@zem42·Jul 26, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr enh, i didn't read it that way. i thought it was pretty honest and engaging; didn't get any sense of entitlement or snowflakiness1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 26, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 It didn't have to be written that way. The story itself is that way, however you write it.1
zem@zem42·Jul 26, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr i do see what you mean. wish i could articulate clearly why i disagree. some feeling that the world *should* (and can!) support art.31
Abraham Thomas@athomasq·Jul 26, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @vgr I'd rather we figure out food, water, healthcare, education, equality & rights for all.3
zem@zem42·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @athomasq@athomasq @vgr wasn't the point i was making; my point was ideally arts should be supported by something other than market forces1
Abraham Thomas@athomasq·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @vgr but in this case we're not supporting art, we're supporting a bottled-water, fancy coffee, artistic snowflake lifestyle.11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @athomasq@athomasq @zem42 Am wary of judging others' consumption. I support via market mechs on merits of the output. What they do with $ not my biz7:15 PM · Jul 27, 20151 Like
Abraham Thomas@athomasq·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @zem42 Precisely! I think this is my view in a nutshell.1