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You wrote all that without mentioning Marshall McLuhan? ;) Also, I really like your artwork! I've bookmarked that link.
I don’t really consider him to be actually relevant, when discussing organic creativity.
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"so that it gets “traffic”, another form of goo that gets “funneled” and “converted” into money." How is this any different from a small business hot dog stand, setting up outside a game to get more of the "traffic" instead of paying rent somewhere busy. You're a small business trying to get eyeballs, you do what you gotta do and call it what you want, instead of paying for ads like the big boys.
Hot dog stands don't often masquerade as creative expression.
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The entirety of that compilation of words is worth a read. I recommend checking out "Artificial Intelligence", "Consume", "Consumer" and "Monetize", "Players" and "Product"
Agree on a lot of this but not AI; it's already aged like milk. In my view, you don't get to dismiss LLMs as "stochastic parrots" unless you can argue with precisely defined terms why you ain't one.
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Yes, I've always disliked this saying. People have agency . They can always refuse to play the game (and that is precisely what many great people chose to do).
Refusing to play the game just means you lose the game. It isn't a third state, it's a resignation.
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I don’t really consider him to be actually relevant, when discussing organic creativity.
Fair. It was indeed a throwaway comment and after I wrote it, medium is the message doesn't exactly work with what you are saying. For example, and author writing a novel on a legal pad, the legal pad is the not the final medium being "consumed."
The media of creation, and the media of consumption.
Valid discussion.
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A long time ago Simon Peyton Jones said Haskell tries to "avoid success at all costs". He was being cheeky, but it honestly is how I try and approach most of what I do that isn't directly related to my employment (as a software person). My blog posts are just for me; I don't market them, I don't expect anyone else to read them, I don't spam links to all my friends every time I post anything. I have no idea if my writ…
Software engineers, or at least the well compensated ones, are living proof that some level of UBI is beneficial. Look at all the works we have collectively created just because we don't have to worry about basic needs and actually have enough time and energy left to do the things we care about. Imagine if other professions had such luxury. Teachers in particular I'm very curious about. I also think that the Cambrian…
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I'm not sure if they're irrational. Payment/subscription fatigue is a thing. Today it seems like you have to pay to breathe. It's suffocating. I often go through periods where I reject every money ask compulsively, the same way as I would "disconnect". It's quite interesting how quality of life gets inverted in non intuitive ways. If you travel to a "developing country" you notice you are no longer bombarded with ads…
If it costs the audience something, they're demonstrating their sincerity. So one problem with giving stuff away for free is that you might doubt how much your fans really mean it. Maybe they're just taking free stuff on principle, maybe they're praising you for the pleasure of giving praise, if they don't put their money where their mouth is. Maybe I don't sincerely care about a lot of the free stuff I say I enjoy,…
For me the term users sometimes sounds similar to traffic. I prefer customers - that you serve with your product.
Even in a commercial context they aren't the same. The user is who sits in front of the screen, and the customer is who you have to please to make money.