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off course it did --but to that i say it is dead walking
throw dirt on it --it is dead
it is what it does --high velocity communication media --gossip dabble journal pontificate --form does little to influence the result --long form --tweets --notes are all written to be burned after reading --and unless they garner a few seconds of attention for being mildly amusing-- ridiculous --rage-baity -- repulsive -- incendiary -- then they arent even afforded their 30-seconds
--as McLuhan wrote --the media is the message
--mere knowledge of science --philosophy --the arts --is no longer a scarce resource --but practice --living a good life --possessing wealth --is becoming infinitesimally more scarce by the second --
--if everyone made hyroglyphs --cave paintings or Mona Lisas they just wouldnt be interesting today would they --
bitcoin does not fix artistic form or communication media --what is broken --it is not that posting online incurs one little to no monetary cost --for we pay in our time if notnin sats-- --the intenrt has relegated all actions to a speculation about the future-- whether it be a bet on virality of a post --meme --nft --etc --nor has bitcoin or nostr reformed artistic value --nor will it ever i surmise --but has put the onus on everybody to become unwilling patrons of the art of Tomorrow
writing more creative non-fiction
you've accomplished what I think is the purpose of great art --which is that you reminded me of how little importance does material wealth seem to have when i zoom out
conjures all the things i done assiduously without the advantage foresight but which i done with the belief that these things-ll do me well -- things i got good at too without really knowing why