That's a interesting way of thinking of it, but a little limited. For most, the proof of work aspect becomes just another part of the the status competition. I

That's a interesting way of thinking of it, but a little limited. For most, the proof of work aspect becomes just another part of the the status competition. I think I'm a little more optimistic about the future. Also, there's definitely web games (paperclips, kittens) and art in every media that are memorable and excellent to someone. That's kind of the point that I was making; the medium is part of the message, but many things can be presented in different ways, and mostly this doesn't detract from anyone else. Fundamentally, I reject your model of art; I personally think the actual artifact should be the most important part. Anything else shouldn't even be considered as far as we're able, even though we are mostly status seeking monkeys who pay very close attention to every other monkey's status so as to increase our status.