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Oneironaut

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17. American society is becoming a creative black hole.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 02:52 PM

Mar 31

It’s all in favor of over-optimizing everything to make the most money possible with the least amount of effort. Creativity is hard, and, doesn’t always equal to money - especially in a society that doesn’t value art anymore.

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The Gen X Career Meltdown [View all] dalton99a Mar 30 OP

Our generation faced discrimination based on age JCMach1 Mar 30 #1

How much does AI have to do with this? SheltieLover Mar 30 #2

Right now, not much. tinrobot Mar 30 #6

AI is just purely toxic imo, esp where arts are concerned SheltieLover Mar 30 #7

I know, i wish everything was concentrated in LA. that way we could get more political power Nimble_Idea Mar 30 #8

Remember when Schwartenegger denied credits to the media / film industry flamingdem Mar 30 #13

Motion picture and TV production in Atlanta is also dead Sedona Mar 30 #9

This feels like an article from 20 years ago... Journalism as I knew it died in the 2000's FirstLight Mar 30 #3

I was a journalism major at a well regarded journalism senseandsensibility Mar 30 #4

couldn't you have stayed in journalism but not focus on print? LymphocyteLover Mar 30 #10

I was only interested in/good at print senseandsensibility Mar 30 #11

fair enough! LymphocyteLover Mar 31 #16

Working in the Los Angeles film industry has always come with an expiration date. tinrobot Mar 30 #5

Ageism...its everywhere. Xolodno Mar 30 #12

This is seriously nothing new flamingdem Mar 30 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Mar 30 #15

Nah Johnny2X2X Mar 31 #18

nice that you can speak for an entire generation Skittles Mar 31 #19

American society is becoming a creative black hole. Oneironaut Mar 31 #17