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Re:Do you want to sell sugar water or do you want to change ... by gurkendoktor on Monday August 29, 2011 @01:08AM (#2936020)
This. Reading TechCrunch for the first time made me feel so embarrassed about my major.

Other proudly shallow businesses are probably acting and music, and many actors and musicians actually like to point to their side projects of saving the world. I guess it helps them feel more confident with what they spend their life on too.

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Re:Do you want to sell sugar water or do you want to change ... by gfodor on Monday August 29, 2011 @02:00AM (#2936139)
That said, art in and of itself is a whole different can of worms. I think art can stand alone on its merit in many ways the latest startup on TechCrunch cannot.

The way I see it, we are the only generation that has had access to the computing power and knowledge that we have. It's our responsibility to take advantage of it since many of our ancestors dreamed of such things.

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