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Re:The Benjamin Franklin Method: How to Be a Better Writer by bgilroy26 on Monday October 31, 2016 @06:33PM (#12841564)
What if striving for artistry delights the user, but frustrates the spouse and children or leads to the deterioration of the artist's physical health or mental wellbeing?

There are a lot of ways to deconstruct a one dimensional artists > craftsmen > laborers point of view because it is overly simplistic.

If people are elitists at work and they're snooty about it, why stop them?

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Re:The Benjamin Franklin Method: How to Be a Better Writer by tfnw on Monday October 31, 2016 @07:09PM (#12841791)
It may be better if a person used that creative energy in a side project, if the product they work on has a large, varied user base.

I would not want to stop people being elitist, only for those who are to understand that their behaviour has a cost on at least some of those around them.

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