Agreed, but the same can be said for any creative output by another human, can it not? Watching movies, reading books, listening to music... even reading articl

Agreed, but the same can be said for any creative output by another human, can it not? Watching movies, reading books, listening to music... even reading articles and comments on Hacker News would be "worthless luxuries" if one is "chased by heat and thirst".