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>the consequences would be similar to you getting paid for doing nothing You're right in that I'm having trouble seeing your point because what you write doesn
by lobotryas 9y ago
>the consequences would be similar to you getting paid for doing nothing
You're right in that I'm having trouble seeing your point because what you write doesn't follow at all. If I'm a sculptor I'm producing something. Arguably something that people want and are willing to pay at least some money for. I would even disagree that society needs me to do anything. Certainly it doesn't need me to be a software engineer - a large corporation needs me to do that so they can sell more features.
If I want to maintain a certain standard of living then in many cases I have a limited set of paths on how to achieve that. The balance comes in having more ways of reaching the same goal.
- daveFNbuck 9y agoThe large corporation needs you to be a software engineer so it can sell things that people want and are willing to pay money for. If you can sell your sculptures for as much as your software engineering job pays, you should do that. Otherwise, you're asking for society to subsidize your hobby in the same way that society would be subsidizing my hobbies if I were paid to stay home all day. I'd probably even sculpt sometimes if that were the case.
- daveFNbuck 9y ago> I would even disagree that society needs me to do anything. Then why shouldn't you receive a salary without doing anything?