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0 pointsarve45612y ago0 comments

The nice thing about programming: You don't have to perform in the 99.9 percentile (like Picasso) to make something people want.

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RodericDay12y ago· 2 in thread

are you implying the only worthwhile fine art is the 0.1th percentile?

There's a lot of art out there.

And almost all of it can be enjoyed for free, without its creators ever seeing a penny.

Artists practically invented the 'race to the bottom' effect.

The Internet and digital media came late to the party, magnified the effect, then widened the number of domains impacted

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