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This is my conversational account. For my work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian.

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    1. zem‏ @zem42 25 Jul 2015
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      @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.

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    2. Abraham Thomas‏ @athomasq 26 Jul 2015
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      @zem42 @vgr I'd rather we figure out food, water, healthcare, education, equality & rights for all.

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    3. zem‏ @zem42 27 Jul 2015
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      @athomasq @vgr wasn't the point i was making; my point was ideally arts should be supported by something other than market forces

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    4. Abraham Thomas‏ @athomasq 27 Jul 2015
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      @zem42 @vgr but in this case we're not supporting art, we're supporting a bottled-water, fancy coffee, artistic snowflake lifestyle.

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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 27 Jul 2015
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      @athomasq @zem42 Am wary of judging others' consumption. I support via market mechs on merits of the output. What they do with $ not my biz

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    6. Abraham Thomas‏ @athomasq 27 Jul 2015
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      @vgr @zem42 Precisely! I think this is my view in a nutshell.

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    7. zem‏ @zem42 27 Jul 2015
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      @athomasq @vgr i dislike that view because it means the production end optimises for popularity. i do agree other strats have impl. issues.

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    8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 27 Jul 2015
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      @zem42 @athomasq Would you agree the natural opposite of popularity is elite tastemaking? Is there a third way?

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    9. zem‏ @zem42 27 Jul 2015
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      @vgr @athomasq the third way is long-tail art where you only care if your fans like it. needs to be decoupled from financial desperation.

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    10. Abraham Thomas‏ @athomasq 27 Jul 2015
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      @zem42 @vgr UBI FTW! (as @vgr and I have been saying all along).

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 27 Jul 2015
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      @athomasq @zem42 I have other issues with UBI, but it does address this issue.

      12:55 PM - 27 Jul 2015
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        1. zem‏ @zem42 27 Jul 2015
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          @vgr @athomasq yes :) i have no issues with ubi; the sooner the better as far as i'm concerned

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