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Re:You can't afford to be an artist and/or author, let alone... by pcwalton on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @07:39PM (#32490496)
Obviously artists provide business value. That's why there is such a thing as the entertainment industry.
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Re:You can't afford to be an artist and/or author, let alone... by finexplained on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @07:54PM (#32490628)
The distribution is different. The median programmer provides much more value than the median artist. Additionally math/cs skills apply much more broadly than art skills. The entertainment industry would be much less leveraged without the tools we built for them.
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Re:You can't afford to be an artist and/or author, let alone... by hnzix on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @08:31PM (#32490876)
The median programmer provides much more value than the median artist.

An economy is not a society. There is more to the human experience than "number goes up".

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