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 i.e. that it's sad rather than entitled for artists to wish this were the case1
Abraham Thomas@athomasq·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @vgr but the specifics of the story you shared *were* entitled. incredibly so.2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @athomasq@athomasq @zem42 "to each according to needs" etc. All non-market mechs except UBI = means-testing = consumption judging. Thin end of wedge11
zem@zem42·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @athomasq sadly, yes. and means-testing has historically played out pretty unsavourily1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @zem42@zem42 @athomasq means testing is always simply a rent for somebody. Designed for reg capture. When state defines food, pizza=vegetable.7:30 PM · Jul 27, 20152 Likes