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A writer, bundled in furs, sitting on a block of ice and writing with a quill pen. His head has been replaced with that of a skeleton. His inkpot is suspended over a camp stove. He has written, 'No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.' Surrounding him in a semicircle are nine angry, wealthy men in old fashioned suits, shouting and gesticulating. The background is a faded US$100 bill.

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A writer, bundled in furs, sitting on a block of ice and writing with a quill pen. His head has been replaced with that of a skeleton. His inkpot is suspended over a camp stove. He has written, 'No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.' Surrounding him in a semicircle are nine angry, wealthy men in old fashioned suits, shouting and gesticulating. The background is a faded US$100 bill.
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Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 07:40:27 JST Cory Doctorow

This is my last Pluralistic post of the year, and rather than round up my most successful posts of the year, I figured I'd write a little about why it's impossible for me to do that, and why that is by design, and what that says about the arts, monoopolies, AI, and creative labor markets.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/21/blockheads-r-us/#vocational-awe
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