I think that some of the friction here is about mindset. I have a lot of friends who are artists, and many of them consider this stuff 'tech shit I'll never u

I think that some of the friction here is about mindset. I have a lot of friends who are artists, and many of them consider this stuff 'tech shit I'll never understand'; I think, because we've culturally set ourselves up in a strata of 'professionals' (who are assumed to be better / smarter / uniquely capable) and non-professionals (who are born without whatever it takes to grok x). This is along many lines - my artist friends in question both believe they understand something about the creative process that the art-uninitiated will never get, and that 'tech shit' is leagues beyond what they'll ever get, because they did bad in math. But here's the thing; I have never 'done art' as a part of my identity, and yet I can listen to them talk about it and understand where they're coming from enough to contribute. Also, I work in tech and I didn't even make it through basic trig. I have a GED and a set of scattered community college credits that are never going anywhere because of a GPA < 2. The whole idea that there are 'this type of person' and 'that type of person' and that those are immutable is a horrific and dangerous lie. But some people have bought it.