This is kinda out of left field, but I'm a student in Seattle trying to find a way to make sharing digital art better for artists and collectors. I'm trying to talk to artists right now to get their perspective on the state of sharing art online. If you're willing to have a quick chat, it would help

Are these your own sunflowers?

Ahh gotcha. I started collecting CDs again and ripping the FLAC files to my ipod. Slows me down. I listen a little deeper. I think I enjoy music more that way.

Very nice. You still collect CDs?

Gongrats on moving down to 5th! I appreciate that you are actively responding to people.

I think 30 is a good price for a curious purchase. $35 makes me hesitate a lot more for some reason, idk why.

Ah yeah that's true. Especially with AI being a marketing term. I do think they probably would lie about that to boost B2B interest in their AI tools. You really think that companies wont be able to replace white collar jobs for a few more decades? Or do you think there's no way of knowing right now

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure I agree with decades. Microsoft at the very least has started job cuts to utilize AI tools. But I think I get your point. There's a lot of speculation on when AI would be able to replace ALL white collar jobs. I appreciate the thoughtful post

I don't know. I think you can't have technology engineers. I'm thinking going forward more people will end up having to work for themselves after corporations replace white collar jobs with AI tools. I'm still very unclear on how the future will look honestly, but I think it will be entrepreneurial

What is the alternative to global industrial civilization? Are there other options that would improve lives more quickly without stagnating? I'm not even sure I know what global industrial civilization is to be honest.