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He is trying to motivate people and give them hope, and he is trying to direct people to a path that is more profitable than just making art and hoping for the best. I think those are good goals, and I think his advice is worthwhile. It sounds like you disagree with his advice. How would you motivate people to persevere instead? What advice would you give people so that they make enough money to live on?
My advice is; if the system doesn't work for you, stop supporting it... Instead, try to reform it. If you know it's impossible for you to win the game, you need to focus all your energy on changing the game. It probably won't work out, but at least the probability is not 0. If you're a frog in a boiling pot, the only inspirational thing you need to hear is "Get out of the f*** pot."
Its too bad some people just don't get it but I don't blame them. There's usually decades of indoctrination that need to be undone for critical thought in some areas.
Its actually refreshing that there are people out there that still tell it how it should be.
Thanks for saving me a read. I was skeptical from the title, and there's so much GPT-based articles out there now that its getting hard to tell ahead of time before time has been wasted.