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Where everyone can make such delightful inventions and not feel compelled by large actors to sell them. People like creating, inventing, playing, when they are
by marricks 5y ago
Where everyone can make such delightful inventions and not feel compelled by large actors to sell them.
People like creating, inventing, playing, when they are secure and happy. Most people don’t live in that state though.
- 333c 5y agoI agree with this. I'd love to live in a world where our basic living needs (housing, food, clothing, healthcare, etc.) are met, and so every person feels safe and comfortable exploring play and creativity to the extent they desire. Is this aspirational and unrealistic? Absolutely! I'm not claiming this is something we can do today, but I think it's good to think about where we might like to go.
- Cyberdog 5y agoI already live in this world. I do some work for other people for a few hours a day, and in exchange I have housing, food, clothing, healthcare, etc. Oh, were these things supposed to materialize for me for free with no effort on my part? Well, I suppose there's always prison, but I'd rather not.
- jrek 5y agoWhenever I make a small project I live in fear that the NYT will threaten to give me a million dollars for it.
- dataangel 5y agoPeople are also happy when they receive life changing amounts of money for their creative work. He made "low seven figures." I think he's feeling fine.
- marricks 5y agoHe’d feel more fine if he felt he couldn’t be compelled to sell :)
- Cyberdog 5y agoWhat compulsion? The desire to be made for life?
- marricks 5y agoYep, that you didn’t need to live in a state of hoping you’d be “made for life”
- MattPalmer1086 5y agoAh, well if we're talking about living in a post scarcity world where those incentives simply don't exist, I'm with you! Not sure how we get there though.
- MattPalmer1086 5y agoHe made the game just for his partner. So there's no block on people making and sharing things for fun. It's just what he did. The fact it became really popular and he could then be financially rewarded for something he did anyway is just the icing on the cake.