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I wrote a new essay about how and why it’s so difficult to pay artists.

I’ll be honest: this was a hard essay to write. I started it six months ago, and after 4,000 rambling words, gave it up. It was too depressing.

But I wanted to share, especially in light of all these new tools that are trying to monetize creative work. A map of some of the difficulties might be helpful.

I wrote a new essay about how and why it’s so difficult to pay artists.

I’ll be honest: this was a hard essay to write. I started it six months ago, and after 4,000 rambling words, gave it up. It was too depressing.

But I wanted to share, especially in light of all these new tools that are trying to monetize creative work. A map of some of the difficulties might be helpful.
https://paragraph.com/@driftless/why-artists-cant-get-paid?referrer=0x33514A171B0eC657a0237Dd388fAA4f39eE2a2E4

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I write about tech + humans + philosophy. Skeptical optimist, EA aligned, building internet businesses.

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