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

• dvt 5y 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.
• HeckFeck 5y 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]
• pessimizer 5y ago
  It's been done. There are too many books.
• solarmist 5y 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...
• mudita 5y ago
  The point has been made about books before, see, e.g. gwern: https://www.gwern.net/Culture-is-not-about-Esthetics https://www.gwern.net/Culture-is-not-about-Esthetics
• hashmal 5y 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.