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What bubble? Please do tell. I hope you're not arrogantly making assumptions about me. If all art disappeared, sure almost everyone on the planet would be init

What bubble? Please do tell. I hope you're not arrogantly making assumptions about me. If all art disappeared, sure almost everyone on the planet would be initially upset and unhappy about it. But we'd just continue to make more, humans make art compulsively and instinctively. Eg. In archaeology the signs of art are often equated with the presence of modern humans. Scientific discovery on the other hand does not come naturally, one must subvert ones natural common sense and intuition and use tools like math and the scientific method. Every discovery is hard fought. Also art has no endgame, with enough science and technology we could create AI, the technological singularity, explore the galaxy, achieve literal immortality. With the best art and the happiest people it would all still certainly be erased by the sun going nova, or even just by a medium sized asteroid. ps. Heres another one..What if all art more than 50 years old disappeared? Most people mightnt even care or notice.

c22 9y ago
> Also art has no endgame, with enough science and technology we could create AI, the technological singularity, explore the galaxy, achieve literal immortality. It sounds like in your scenario art is the endgame. What else will we do with our immortal selves once we've reached technological singularity?
- everyone 9y ago
  Yeah, once we've done that we can relax. Now, when our very survival is in question is not a good time to squander our limited resources on decadence. .. Its like, youre starving but instead of going out to hunt you spend all day masturbating. Thats us as a species right now :)
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sanderjd 9y ago
I was referring to the Hacker News bubble. I just think your claims are wrong. Human creativity is instinctual, whether it is applied to artistic or scientific endeavors. You're drawing a bright line that I don't believe exists.

c22 9y ago

> Also art has no endgame, with enough science and technology we could create AI, the technological singularity, explore the galaxy, achieve literal immortality. It sounds like in your scenario art is the endgame. What else will we do with our immortal selves once we've reached technological singularity?

everyone 9y ago
Yeah, once we've done that we can relax. Now, when our very survival is in question is not a good time to squander our limited resources on decadence. .. Its like, youre starving but instead of going out to hunt you spend all day masturbating. Thats us as a species right now :)
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sanderjd 9y ago

I was referring to the Hacker News bubble. I just think your claims are wrong. Human creativity is instinctual, whether it is applied to artistic or scientific endeavors. You're drawing a bright line that I don't believe exists.