Eugine_Nier comments on Rational entertainment industry? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 10 December 2010 07:52:06PM 3 points [-]

We're talking about something where the product for sale is a subjective feeling in the mind of the listener

I suspect the problem is that being good at that, i.e., having artistic talent and/or having a feel for artistic talent, tends to be inversely correlated with rationality.

Comment author: David_Gerard 10 December 2010 08:14:55PM 2 points [-]

It's notoriously a field full of marks ripe for the exploiting.

Comment author: jsalvatier 12 December 2010 10:16:52PM 1 point [-]

Who exploits who how?

Comment author: David_Gerard 13 December 2010 12:44:19PM 0 points [-]

Typically the supply of those who don't have any business sense is farmed or mined by those who do.