> I make money from the secondary effects. Are you even reading my comments? Because yes, you do, that's the whole point. I said as much in my last one. That's

> I make money from the secondary effects. Are you even reading my comments? Because yes, you do, that's the whole point. I said as much in my last one. That's exactly what makes your opinion in this matter essentially worthless. If you read on, you'll see that I also anticipated your slur against novelists as being "afraid", or whatever---inferior to you, in any case. It honesty astounds me how willing some people in the tech world are to make pronouncements like this, mistaking their ignorance for insight. I am willing to be convinced that somebody who's not a working artist has meaningful insight here, but you're convincing me of the opposite. > Does it? It's really hard to make a living writing novels. Why don't you go ahead and tell me that there is nobody who depends on selling their novels for a substantial portion of their income?