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What do you mean "in a good way"? How do you control whether someone using your video workflow automation uses it for good (whatever that is) or not?

echelon 4y ago
How does Adobe assure this? Or any tool maker? Email has problems, yet the good and productive uses vastly outweigh the bad actors. The vast majority of systems humans use have benefit, otherwise they would be unwound by governments (eg. crypto). People want to be creative more than they want to be destructive. The destroyers will be moderated, just as they are in every system. I want a world where every kid can make their own Star Wars or Princess Mononoke and create more than Scorsese's entire career within a single year.
- jeffwask 4y ago
  > I want a world where every kid can make their own Star Wars or Princess Mononoke and create more than Scorsese's entire career within a single year. Rad goal. Good luck as someone who consumes more YouTube than mainstream content. I'm all for unlocking the potential of creators.
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- 91bananas 4y ago
  Most of the rest of us don't.
  - echelon 4y ago
    "ought to be enough for anybody" If things stay the same as ever, this life will have been boring. I'm not cut out for another twenty years of smartphone incrementalism. Fuck the status quo. I don't live for "same". Everything in the world as it exists isn't enough. The future could be the most exciting thing if we dream and build it.
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    - barneygale 4y ago
      Have you considered a career in subsistence farming? You're likely to be less damaging to the world.
      - echelon 4y ago
        I'm a filmmaker and love the arts more than you'll know. You're being incredibly sour, and I guarantee you that acting the way you do toward other humans (and yourself) subtracts way more from the universe. I feel sorry for you.
        maxbond 4y ago
        GP was rude & out of turn, but there's no need to be patronizing like that. You're engaging in the same behavior you're criticizing them for, putting toxicity into the community/universe.
    - qwytw 4y ago
      Your future sounds pretty dystopian and very lonely though....
      - echelon 4y ago
        I imagine factory workers and butter churners said the same. You know what really sucks? How labor intensive and capital intensive filmmaking is. How hard it is to make it into the field. How almost impossible it is to lead a production. Think about all of the great ideas that wither on the vine because the Hollywood studio system only has so much capital and can only back so many projects. Think about how many months and years go into a single film, and how few of them succeed. Think about the opportunity cost of learning a creative skill - locking you out of all the other skills you could use to build your vision. When the cost structures drop, people will be more creative and more cooperative. The long tail will be all of us.
- JohnFen 4y ago
  That's all well and good, but the question still stands -- what do you mean by "in a good way"? What differentiates a "good way" from a "bad way"?

echelon 4y ago

How does Adobe assure this? Or any tool maker? Email has problems, yet the good and productive uses vastly outweigh the bad actors. The vast majority of systems humans use have benefit, otherwise they would be unwound by governments (eg. crypto). People want to be creative more than they want to be destructive. The destroyers will be moderated, just as they are in every system. I want a world where every kid can make their own Star Wars or Princess Mononoke and create more than Scorsese's entire career within a single year.

jeffwask 4y ago
> I want a world where every kid can make their own Star Wars or Princess Mononoke and create more than Scorsese's entire career within a single year. Rad goal. Good luck as someone who consumes more YouTube than mainstream content. I'm all for unlocking the potential of creators.
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91bananas 4y ago
Most of the rest of us don't.
- echelon 4y ago
  "ought to be enough for anybody" If things stay the same as ever, this life will have been boring. I'm not cut out for another twenty years of smartphone incrementalism. Fuck the status quo. I don't live for "same". Everything in the world as it exists isn't enough. The future could be the most exciting thing if we dream and build it.
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  - barneygale 4y ago
    Have you considered a career in subsistence farming? You're likely to be less damaging to the world.
    - echelon 4y ago
      I'm a filmmaker and love the arts more than you'll know. You're being incredibly sour, and I guarantee you that acting the way you do toward other humans (and yourself) subtracts way more from the universe. I feel sorry for you.
      - maxbond 4y ago
        GP was rude & out of turn, but there's no need to be patronizing like that. You're engaging in the same behavior you're criticizing them for, putting toxicity into the community/universe.
  - qwytw 4y ago
    Your future sounds pretty dystopian and very lonely though....
    - echelon 4y ago
      I imagine factory workers and butter churners said the same. You know what really sucks? How labor intensive and capital intensive filmmaking is. How hard it is to make it into the field. How almost impossible it is to lead a production. Think about all of the great ideas that wither on the vine because the Hollywood studio system only has so much capital and can only back so many projects. Think about how many months and years go into a single film, and how few of them succeed. Think about the opportunity cost of learning a creative skill - locking you out of all the other skills you could use to build your vision. When the cost structures drop, people will be more creative and more cooperative. The long tail will be all of us.
JohnFen 4y ago
That's all well and good, but the question still stands -- what do you mean by "in a good way"? What differentiates a "good way" from a "bad way"?