I have a feeling that these feelings come from culture. Protestantism or Japanese cultures really value effort in a way mediterannean culture (for instance) do

I have a feeling that these feelings come from culture. Protestantism or Japanese cultures really value effort in a way mediterannean culture (for instance) does not. Think about Flemish paintings that have all these very intricate details, while Italian painters invented the messy sfumato. I don't like that digital cameras took over, because I don't like the quality of digital pictures, but I love that LLMs are taking stuff off my plate / brain. I have absolutely zero romanticism associated with effort. I do romanticize smartness. Gauss finding n*(n+1) / 2 because he didn't want to sum numbers by hand is my absolute hero. Of course he was protestant so what I just said really doesn't make much sense.