I mean, we could argue on whether his work is worth tens of times that of an average person, but I mean, there’s people who make more and whose work is actually detrimental to society, so he’s all right by me.
Actually, I want to go even further and say that I think his work actually is worth quite a bit. Not that he is worth that much, or others aren’t (again, I don’t know him), but he has given millions of people hours upon hours of enjoyment, and that’s nothing to shake a stick at.
Yeah well that’s the effect of the modern world, where works can be replicated effortlessly. Sucks if your work is producing physical goods that can’t be copy/pasted.
I mean, we could argue on whether his work is worth tens of times that of an average person, but I mean, there’s people who make more and whose work is actually detrimental to society, so he’s all right by me.
Actually, I want to go even further and say that I think his work actually is worth quite a bit. Not that he is worth that much, or others aren’t (again, I don’t know him), but he has given millions of people hours upon hours of enjoyment, and that’s nothing to shake a stick at.
Yeah well that’s the effect of the modern world, where works can be replicated effortlessly. Sucks if your work is producing physical goods that can’t be copy/pasted.
You’re not wrong. But “joy” isn’t exactly fungible, so it’s not really an apples-to-oranges comparison.