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blinks | 4 years ago

Imagine making this same point about books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_published_per_country_pe...

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solarmist|4 years ago

He does.

Later in his post, he generalized to all media but keeps the details video game specific.

Basically, I feel like his point is that we've put creators, of all forms of media, on such a high pedestal that we're neglecting the mundane things that keep life running smoothly.

Basically, a job/career version of social media making us all lonelier, I guess. Everyone wants to be a creator like everyone wants to be an influencer...

HeckFeck|4 years ago

King Solomon felt the same way 3000 years ago.

    And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. [Ecclesiasties 12v12]

dvt|4 years ago

He does.

> Spotify now gets over 60000 new songs a day. Amazon now has millions of books. My country has over 550 scripted TV shows in production.

It's a weird point to make, and not really supported properly.

hashmal|4 years ago

Or about movies! Although, to be fair, a similar mindset creeps in that field too: it ceases to be art, or moving stories, or mind-changing ideas from movie makers. Now it's all about content, and how much it is consumed.

I don't have data or facts to share, but I have a strong gut feeling that people who consider art (in a very broad meaning, including entertainment, games, music, etc) to be a commodity are not only missing out, they make the world a worst place to live in.

pessimizer|4 years ago

It's been done. There are too many books.