Well spoken thoughts, but tbh it all feels like moralizing in search of a sin. Or cops arresting you because their gut says you’re guilty of something, they just aren’t sure what. The vast majority of inventions in human history have put somebody out of work, because most inventions produce things people already use, that are already being made by somebody, and the invention competes with them.
The art world participates in that whole continuum. When somebody buys a sketchpad or a tube of paint, they’re using inventions that put people out of work who used to make those items by hand. Those particular transitions happened so long ago nobody thinks about them anymore, but they should if they’re trying to honestly examine the ethics of change.
Well spoken thoughts, but tbh it all feels like moralizing in search of a sin. Or cops arresting you because their gut says you’re guilty of something, they just aren’t sure what. The vast majority of inventions in human history have put somebody out of work, because most inventions produce things people already use, that are already being made by somebody, and the invention competes with them.
The art world participates in that whole continuum. When somebody buys a sketchpad or a tube of paint, they’re using inventions that put people out of work who used to make those items by hand. Those particular transitions happened so long ago nobody thinks about them anymore, but they should if they’re trying to honestly examine the ethics of change.