most books are written with no expectation of financial reward. the book that pays the writer well is by far the exception and if books were made free by law to

most books are written with no expectation of financial reward. the book that pays the writer well is by far the exception and if books were made free by law tomorrow books would still be written. we’d lose some fiction authors sure, but even those would keep being written. in general the importance of money to the creative process is greatly exaggerated. barely anyone gets rich from art or knowledge production but it keeps happening because beauty and knowledge are ends in themselves, things we seek out for no other reason than to behold them. money is just what we need to eat and have shelter.