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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by soneca on Friday April 04, 2025 @05:36AM (#43579992)
I wonder if really great stuff are always for a minority. You have to have listened a lot of classical music to notice a great interpretation of Mozart from a good one. To realize how great was a chess move, how magical was a soccer play, how deep was the writing of a philosopher. Not only for stuff that requires previous effort, but also the subjectiveness of art. Picasso will be really moving for a minority of people. The Godfather. Even Shakespeare.

Social media and generative AI may be good business because the capture the attention of the majority, but maybe they are not valuable to anyone.

Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by zipmapfoldright on Friday April 04, 2025 @05:50AM (#43580062)
I think of a lot of thing in terms of distributions, and I think the how-much-people-value-quality distribution is not that much different.

On the right side, you have the minority of connoisseurs. And on the left, there is a minority who really don't care at all. And then the middle majority who can tell bad from good, but not good from great.

Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by soneca on Friday April 04, 2025 @06:13AM (#43580216)
Yep, and what if good things only exist because they were created by and for those who can tell good from great.