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I disagree, it is not significant at all if you think about the implications here for more than a couple of seconds. A poet needs his pen and paper. Someone ne
by NoBeardMarch 8mo ago
I disagree, it is not significant at all if you think about the implications here for more than a couple of seconds.
A poet needs his pen and paper. Someone needs to man the paper-mills and ink-factories, someone needs to work on logistics and planning issues related to that, infrastructure etc.
It's a completely meaningless statement.
- anonymous908213 8mo agoNow, now, there's some meaning to it. The meaning is that stating it allows the author to feel morally superior to the rest of us "liars, thieves, fornicators, murderers, and cheats".
- DrewADesign 8mo agoYes, I’m so glad this incredible philosopher’s months-long thought experiment let him discover that becoming a gentleman farmer elevated him above the petty moral hazards and trite meaningless existences of fucking doctors, nurses, firefighters, pilots, social workers, journalists, artists, EMTs, school teachers, engineers, scientists, monks, academics, etc. etc. etc. Bet you ten bucks he spent a few solid months playing Stardew Valley before this grand moral awakening.
- wolvesechoes 8mo ago> A poet needs his pen and paper They doesn't. People did poetry for a long time.
- NoBeardMarch 8mo agoA pedantic point. Even in a non-industrialized tribal society an oral poet needs a mud house, sandals and various tools. Someone needs to make those, probably the poet themselves.
- wolvesechoes 8mo ago> Someone needs to make those, probably the poet themselves. In that case the whole labor division and economic incentives kinda disappear, right?