> 4 million Spotify plays per month to make minimum wage ($1160) I would (and do) advise an artist (and a friend, or a random person off the street) to have in

> 4 million Spotify plays per month to make minimum wage ($1160) I would (and do) advise an artist (and a friend, or a random person off the street) to have income from more than one revenue stream. > It would do us good to empathise with the people in these industries there's no reason to be empathetic towards the industry, even if we are entirely and wholly in support of artists, their work, and expression. to put a finer point on it: the fact that there is an "entertainment industry" frightens me. this is not to say we shouldn't find entertainment, and share artworks/creativity/etc... but that our need (or training) to be distracted from the horrors of modernity presents sufficient demand for An Industry of this scale is troubling. The existence of this Industry may be seen as an indicator that our civilizations are performing acts of violence upon ourselves and our homes that we would be better served by ending.