You seem to be more concerned with the question...should
My comment didn’t address what people should do or think or say or why they should do so at all. It was exclusively about why people said what they said and did what they did.
Ok, I think I see how I misinterpreted the original article. Eliezer (and you as well, I think) is not downgrading the contribution of artists; he’s just pointing out the original speakers’ hypocrisy. He claims that in reality, the speakers don’t feel that the artists have anything to contribute; but they publicly claim otherwise in order to appear more sophisticated (or something).
This statement I can agree with. Hypocrisy is destructive and wrong.
My comment didn’t address what people should do or think or say or why they should do so at all. It was exclusively about why people said what they said and did what they did.
Ok, I think I see how I misinterpreted the original article. Eliezer (and you as well, I think) is not downgrading the contribution of artists; he’s just pointing out the original speakers’ hypocrisy. He claims that in reality, the speakers don’t feel that the artists have anything to contribute; but they publicly claim otherwise in order to appear more sophisticated (or something).
This statement I can agree with. Hypocrisy is destructive and wrong.