'“In the 1970’s commissioned writers at the top magazines were paid the equivalent of [adjusted for inflation] $10 per word. Today, its common to get paid $150 for a 1,500 article.” (Carly Busta) Someone please check my math but I’m pretty sure this is a 99% paycut lol. The removal of gatekeepers and the flood of online content put strong downward pressure on the rates for creative work. Platforms gave all of us a voice but in the process they made us broke and lonely.' - Joshua Citarella

i think about this quote often in the context about what @benna also notes. i don't want to go backwards, but i very much think we've swung (and are still swinging) so hard in the other direction as to have flattened taste & destroyed generations & so much potential...

so, ya know, happy thoughts.

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