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These comments where they somehow suggest more of creativity is not necessary is rather upsetting. Should they then just be doing what the world handsomely rewa
by MinimalAction 2y ago
These comments where they somehow suggest more of creativity is not necessary is rather upsetting. Should they then just be doing what the world handsomely rewards, which currently seems to be optimizing ads at a big tech company.
- fph 2y agoLooks like we need to change the priorities set by the market. Targeted taxes and subsidies are the way to do it.
- daedrdev 2y agoPeople are clearly willing to write and publish a book even with no payoff. If you had taxes and subsidies, even more authors would write to the point that most authors can't live off of writing, since clearly they are willing to write enough to flood the supply of books until most authors can't make it.
- MinimalAction 2y agoThe whole point of subsidizing was that authors can make a living, perhaps. I am not sure I follow you. But also, if subsidies are a thing, wouldn't you agree that it is better spent on issues like these, however?
- daedrdev 2y agoThere are more books published today than ever before. 96% sold less than 1000 copies when published by the big publishing houses. I feel like that is the strongest sign the market can give that there are too many authors or many of them aren't good enough. https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books
- MinimalAction 2y ago"Good enough" by what metric? I mean all art is subjective. I agree your argument based on supply and demand. But, my point was that the creative adventures are not rewarded well enough in our system, and somehow things that are terribly meaningless like ad-optimization attracts so much revenue that companies don't know what to do with. This imbalance is upsetting.
- joseda-hg 2y agoEither that, or niches are booming and are getting properly served, either by passion or profit