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Maybe, but unless you are unusually talented I'd advise against it. For every consumer there is a producer and vice versa. Most people are better off as consume
by casey2 3mo ago
Maybe, but unless you are unusually talented I'd advise against it. For every consumer there is a producer and vice versa. Most people are better off as consumers and this give more eyeballs and resources to the few talented producers.
- kruffalon 3mo agoMaybe other people, besides you; obviously, like doing, knowing or learning things without the need to be the most efficient at it. Like, in a just having a life kind of way. But what do I know?
- dofm 3mo agoThis makes me sad. I am very confident it's also wrong; it fundamentally misapprehends what talent is. As well as not particularly being innate or "god-given", talents tend to emerge only when supported by learned ability. And not even just your own learned ability. Talented violinists exist only in a world that had talented violin makers: you perhaps cannot fully know how society could benefit from things you could learn. Two of my mini-talents are things I used to think were not just difficult but actually things I would be specifically bad at, like, worse than most people. (Which may for complex reasons be a sign I would not be) I believe it also misapprehends where the boundary between practice and consumption can sit, too, but that's a longer comment. No matter which side of the equation you sit, try to unlearn this belief you have, and help others unlearn it.