TrismegistusMx

What was your impression of "Clod?"

Because unregulated, greedy, manipulative, underhanded scammers doesn't have the same ring to it.

AI will change the game, but I think after an initial period of growing pains that we're really facing a shift in the economy whether we're ready or not. All of the "problems" of capitalism have been due to runaway efficiency. A scarcity economy is absurd when we're infinitely capable of producing everything people want or need.

You want to criticize my protest and waste my time, but when was the last time you sent an email to an elected official?

While undermining the system that is already failing artists.

If we had any sense as a species we would be funding artists so that they can pursue their art full time. Industry advances technology, but art advances the mind.

You think this is an argument?

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Even if I pay for a product I love some asshole suit is going to get a bigger cut than the artists who did the work.

The man, the myth, the legend.

So even you recognize that it's not real money until it's cash.

I believe it when I can buy a Big Mac with crypto.