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Writing is a tool, a technology. Much like hammers or saws, which are also commodified. And even though anyone can go buy a saw, not everyone is a carpenter.
by nkrisc 7mo ago
Writing is a tool, a technology. Much like hammers or saws, which are also commodified. And even though anyone can go buy a saw, not everyone is a carpenter.
- andyferris 7mo agoI am not a carpenter; I use a saw at least once a month.
- mmooss 7mo ago> Writing is a tool, a technology. Like paint, it can be used as a tool, to paint your house, or as a craft and artform, to paint the Rouen Cathedral.
- nkrisc 7mo agoPaint is a tool to deposit pigment on a substrate. The tool does not make the artist.
- pbiggar 7mo agoExactly. and that's what development is becoming.