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Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician by anomaly_ on Monday June 30, 2025 @12:23AM (#44419347)
> There's lots of value in amateur engineering

clearly that isn't the case. the fetishism of amateur/hobby practice here is ridiculous. if people found value in these activities, they would pay for them. UBI advocates basically want someone to fund them drinking beer while they tinker in their garage.

Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician by wwweston on Monday June 30, 2025 @01:50PM (#44426063)
This is more or less my actual point — people clearly find value in the amateur doing, and yet that value is limited, and if we do not figure out how to value and reward a class of dedicated educated invested professionals, we won’t receive the rewards from it.