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


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


They also invented the 'sea of mediocrity' effect.




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