Re:Backing Up Spotify
by lotsofpulp on Sunday December 21, 2025 @06:11AM
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The desire to create something does not seem like an immutable characteristic.
Would they do what they do if they had zero dollars?
Yes, as long as they have enough to survive, people generally have some free time. I know someone who's living paycheck to paycheck and they make music as a hobby. Obviously, if you have to work 16 hours a day to survive they wouldn't do it – or at least they wouldn't have the capacity to share it.
> Would they do what they do if they had zero dollars?
No, probably not. Isn't it a shame we live in a world where we have the technology to automate all meaningful production, but people still need to justify their existence through often meaningless labor?
That said, I know artists that make the bare minimum to survive, on purpose, so they have more time to focus on art.
I challenge you to ask 10 creative people in your life if they would stop doing whatever it is they do if they had a billion dollars.