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Similar but less prolific experience. I had this idea that I could make a career out of loving books and ideas and sharing those things with other people in a s

Similar but less prolific experience. I had this idea that I could make a career out of loving books and ideas and sharing those things with other people in a spirited way. What a stupid fucking idea that was!

lukan 1y ago
"What a stupid fucking idea that was!" It is a great idea. We just don't live in a great society where your naive thinking would have been fitting.
- bonoboTP 1y ago
  Find a patron who finances it, as it always was. There never was a society that would fund everyone full time just for having neat fun chats. Alternatively take up a day job like everyone else and join a philosophy / arts / book club as a hobby. We have more access than ever to the materials.
  - lukan 1y ago
    "There never was a society that would fund everyone full time just for having neat fun chats." That was not the request, nor claim.
nradov 1y ago
It's totally possible to make a career out of loving books and ideas, and sharing those things with other people in a spirited way: create a YouTube channel. Here are a couple I found at random but there are many more. https://www.youtube.com/@EllieDashwood https://www.youtube.com/@EllieDashwood https://www.youtube.com/@QuinnsIdeas https://www.youtube.com/@QuinnsIdeas
- bonoboTP 1y ago
  Lol that's like saying you can make a career out of your love of playing and releasing music. Sure, get to the end of the line. Or playing games and streaming it. Yes, a few make money that way. But theres a vast vast oversupply of people who would want to do that. You have to be very good, work hard, and be very lucky in addition.
  - nradov 1y ago
    Right so if you're not very good at then pick a different career and quit whining.
- csb6 1y ago
  Running a YouTube channel is not a viable way to make a living unless you have an existing audience or get blessed by the algorithm. There is an oversupply of people making video content, and only a small portion of them succeed. Plus you are at the mercy of YouTube’s frequently changing ad revenue terms (the “Ad-pocaplyse”) and opaque demonetization/takedown rules.
  - nradov 1y ago
    Trying to become a tenured professor in the humanities isn't a viable way to make a living for most of those people either. Only a small portion of them succeed. Plus you are at the mercy of the faculty committee's frequently changing selection criteria.

lukan 1y ago

"What a stupid fucking idea that was!" It is a great idea. We just don't live in a great society where your naive thinking would have been fitting.

bonoboTP 1y ago
Find a patron who finances it, as it always was. There never was a society that would fund everyone full time just for having neat fun chats. Alternatively take up a day job like everyone else and join a philosophy / arts / book club as a hobby. We have more access than ever to the materials.
- lukan 1y ago
  "There never was a society that would fund everyone full time just for having neat fun chats." That was not the request, nor claim.

nradov 1y ago

It's totally possible to make a career out of loving books and ideas, and sharing those things with other people in a spirited way: create a YouTube channel. Here are a couple I found at random but there are many more. https://www.youtube.com/@EllieDashwood https://www.youtube.com/@EllieDashwood https://www.youtube.com/@QuinnsIdeas https://www.youtube.com/@QuinnsIdeas

bonoboTP 1y ago
Lol that's like saying you can make a career out of your love of playing and releasing music. Sure, get to the end of the line. Or playing games and streaming it. Yes, a few make money that way. But theres a vast vast oversupply of people who would want to do that. You have to be very good, work hard, and be very lucky in addition.
- nradov 1y ago
  Right so if you're not very good at then pick a different career and quit whining.
csb6 1y ago
Running a YouTube channel is not a viable way to make a living unless you have an existing audience or get blessed by the algorithm. There is an oversupply of people making video content, and only a small portion of them succeed. Plus you are at the mercy of YouTube’s frequently changing ad revenue terms (the “Ad-pocaplyse”) and opaque demonetization/takedown rules.
- nradov 1y ago
  Trying to become a tenured professor in the humanities isn't a viable way to make a living for most of those people either. Only a small portion of them succeed. Plus you are at the mercy of the faculty committee's frequently changing selection criteria.