[text0404]

> job boards

> activation energy gradient

> producing good results

> economic reward

> build recognition and clout

> big advantage

> a16z is investing

> bootstrap production

you're saying a lot of things about commodification and mass production, which are completely unnecessary to the expression of the human condition.

[echelon]

> you're saying a lot of things about commodification and mass production, which are completely unnecessary to the expression of the human condition.

Read my response here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42368209

I struggle to see how the existing status quo is better than the world that is coming.

[text0404]

but indie films have always existed. there have always been amateurs using film as a medium, since there was film (in high school, we wrote, storyboarded, directed, acted in, and edited our own short films for our final film class projects using camcorders and watched them at a viewing night at a local theater!).

you're saying "you must have a giant budget and tons of time to compete with the studios and AI can level the playing field" but i don't know why an artist would want to compete with a major film studio which is pushing out generic content in the first place?

you don't need a multimillion dollar production budget and $300k props to make art, in the same way a sculptor doesn't need to make statues out of gold or diamonds.

[dotancohen]

That's probably because commodification and mass production are far more viable a path towards feeding one's family than is expression of the human condition.

[52-6F-62]

a16z of all things!

I like technology. I hate how its being used, especially by groups like that.

Software needs a soul revival. Holy shit