For instance: in our society, there seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it. Again, an objective measure is hard to find, but one easy way to get a sense is to ask: what would happen were this entire class of people to simply disappear? Say what you like about nurses,... See more

Personally, I’m going to try to make it work as a writer. But if I don’t, I’m just going to get a job again and I’m going to write on the side. That to me feels like being an adult. I don’t think the world is unfair to me for forcing me to create enterprise value. I can create some enterprise value, and my enterprise value will subsidize me for... See more

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I would like to be paid like a plumber: I do the job and you pay me what it's worth. The record company will expect me to ask for a point or a point and a half. If we assume three million sales, that works out to 400,000 dollars or so. There's no fucking way I would ever take that much money. I wouldn't be able to sleep.

I’m not sure that it is a human right to be able to earn a living from your art. I think that art is incredibly valuable, but you have to provide value in a society.