Oddbean

Now AI is doing the same to programmers, but programming is not mass culture like music. So it doesn't really matter what profession, none is fully safe. Culture already hit close to zero as we talk using computers while sitting alone and separate from other humans. This is our world though, and I accept it over living a communal life in the Amazon or Africa.

Today I go to a studio to work with an artist and musician. It’ll be at least a year until the record comes out and the label will likely shift around 3,000 copies on vinyl. It will also go on streaming but no one bothers counting. The artist will tour, make enough money to get by for the year. The label will recoup eventually. We’re clearly not doing this for money but we still exchange ideas in the same time and space. Less than 20 years ago. Also, there’s still a chance I’ll get sectioned one day. Free healthcare, no housing or food costs. Win!

I barely listen to music, so I have very little understanding or interest. For me it'd be too depressing to be in a field with little money in it. Scraping by ain't no way to win. Sectioned? You mean you wanna be like those homestead types?