Ludleth19

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by Ludleth19 3y ago
I get where you're coming from and definitely vet books in similar ways depending on the subject, but I also feel like this process is pretty limited in ways too and appeals to some sort of objective third party that just doesn't
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by Ludleth19 3y ago
>Good music isn't rare and it is not hard to find it. I think you and I may have different standards and taste. I don't disagree that there's plenty of good stuff being made, but a lot of it is hard to find and sorting thr
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by Ludleth19 3y ago
Agreed, I feel like this attitude comes from people who consume content but never have tried to make and disseminate anything themselves. I genuinely feel so bad for anyone making music the last 10/15 years, it's been so undervalu
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by Ludleth19 3y ago
Hard agree. I think this also simultaneously highlights the genius of someone like Felini with 8 1/2, referentiality done right to actually get at deeper themes/characterization, not just for the sake of referentiality itself.
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by Ludleth19 3y ago
Agreed, EEAAO feels like a movie written by a 22 year old after they watched The Matrix and read some Camus, and somehow made each influence more derivative.
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by Ludleth19 3y ago
>Movies have a self referential quality that makes them more intellectually engaging than mere novels. This was written by someone who hasn't seriously engaged in reading novels lol Novels have been doing this sort of thing on a pre
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by Ludleth19 3y ago
Open source stuff is great, and I support it and have contributed to projects myself, but people bandy it out as if it's a silver bullet and I have my reservations there. The issue goes way beyond technology itself, it's structura
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by Ludleth19 3y ago
I have no issue with technological advancement, it's obviously one of the pinnacles of human achievement- I have an issue with how those advancements are spread about and shared, especially shortly after large technological advancement
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by Ludleth19 3y ago
This is just flat out untrue for a variety of reasons. People need to stop thinking of 1945-1975 as "the norm," it was a world historic anomaly that was a direct response to earlier events- the economy targeted full and fair emplo
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by Ludleth19 3y ago
The implications of technological advancement are always the same- if it can be used to replace people at a satisfactory level, it will. Appealing to stoicism is nice, but it's a bittersweet salve in this situation.