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I don't think it's supposed to be a "real" article about a real person, I think it's art (that speaks to some of our fears) do you believe that something has t
by bjord 3y ago
I don't think it's supposed to be a "real" article about a real person, I think it's art (that speaks to some of our fears)
do you believe that something has to be purely "productive" to be deserving of space on the internet?
- throwaway2990 3y agoThere’s too much crap on the internet now. So yes.
- andrejguran 3y agoyou must be fun at parties
- mikrl 3y agoMost of it exists to sell you stuff and make people money
- bjord 3y agoare you also opposed to higher education/research in anything other than hard science, or do you think people in those fields should just stick to pencil and paper?
- throwaway2990 3y agoAre you suggesting art is crap and that I think it shouldn’t be on the internet because you deem it crap?
- bjord 3y agoactually, no, I'm suggesting that you think art is crap and that thus you also think it shouldn't be on the internet honestly, I don't think that's a huge leap given your previous comments—am I wrong?
- throwaway2990 3y agoWell I guess it depends on what we define as art. I don’t think putting a piece of cheese on a table in the middle of a room is art or thought provoking beyond “this ‘artist’ is fucking shit”. Or running and jumping while drawing a line on the wall. That’s just insulting to actual artists who have talent that we can appreciate.
- bowsamic 3y agoI think it's quite inspiring rather than invoking fear. I would take a job like this any time.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoThere was a Dilbert once (no longer available, for some reason), where Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, curses Dilbert to select one of two choices: 1) You will be paid well, but your code will be destroyed every night. 2) You will be poorly paid, but your code will be useful and appreciated. Dilbert says "Hey! They're both better than what I have now! Wally, you should come and get some of this!"
- throwaway2990 3y agoWhy do people get stuck on these soulless jobs?
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoLots of reasons. Many folks are afraid of the unknown, so it's the devil you know, kind of thing. That's why most folks aren't entrepreneurs. There's a ton of risk, involved in that kind of stuff, and most folks are risk-averse. In my case, my job was sort of soulless, but only in parts. Many folks here, would say that it was a horror show, but I also worked for a company that gave me business cards that would open doors, I worked with some of the finest engineers and scientists in the world, enjoyed considerable trust, and had great stability. Nothing comes for free. There's pluses and minuses to everything. I find it doesn't do me a whole lot of good to judge others on the choices they made, and, in the aggregate, there's not much in my life that I regret, and that's worth more than money.
- bjord 3y agothat's the beauty of art—it can mean totally different things to different people