Lars Leichert3d ago
Guy English

RE: https://mastodon.social/@kviksilver/116286871350643627

Creative industries thrive on the eagerness of the young apprentices to be a part of something they’ve always deeply admired. So many of them have become machines that take that youthful enthusiasm, crush it in the mill of productivity, discard anyone who burns out, and call the rest the distilled product. Then the cycle repeats itself as those who made it through the crucible take over.

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Show threadGuy English4d ago
But the process didn’t distill the best talent. The greatest ideas. The most creative work. It simply reinforced the established structure, way of doing things, and failure modes baked into the system. Creative industries are, somewhat ironically, abusively conservative when it comes to the process they demand from their members.
Show threadMichael Fessler3d ago
@Gte See also: medical school
Show threadGuy English3d ago
@mfessler Lawyers too.
Show threadRyan McCuaig3d ago
@Gte @mfessler <stares in architectural intern at studio recognized for outstanding design chops>
Show threadMichael Fessler3d ago
@Gte No lie, a major factor in my deciding not to go to med school in my 20s was the knowledge that the system would force me to make life-or-death decisions while worked to the point of impairment via sleep deprivation..
Show threadGuy English3d ago
@mfessler My father was an anesthesiologist. He struggled his whole life with his own limits, the limits of what was possible medically, and those of the system around him.