Thus, it doesn’t matter in the least if it stifles human output, because the overwhelming majority of us who don’t rely on our artistic talent to make a living will benefit from a post-scarcity situation for good art, as customized and niche as we care to demand.
How do you know that? Art is one of the biggest outlets of human potential; one of the biggest forces behind human culture and human communities; one of the biggest communication channels between people.
One doesn’t need to be a professional artist to care about all that.
Well, “to make a living” implies that you’re an artist as a profession and earn money from it. But I agree with you that that’s far from the only problem. Art is a two-way street and its economic value isn’t all there is to it. A world in which creating art feels pointless is one in which IMO we’re all significantly more miserable.
How do you know that? Art is one of the biggest outlets of human potential; one of the biggest forces behind human culture and human communities; one of the biggest communication channels between people.
One doesn’t need to be a professional artist to care about all that.
Well, “to make a living” implies that you’re an artist as a profession and earn money from it. But I agree with you that that’s far from the only problem. Art is a two-way street and its economic value isn’t all there is to it. A world in which creating art feels pointless is one in which IMO we’re all significantly more miserable.