moe comments on Things you are supposed to like - Less Wrong

68 Post author: PhilGoetz 22 October 2011 02:04AM

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Comment author: moe 21 October 2011 06:02:57AM *  0 points [-]

Once people start appreciating it for the art, rather than just sounding nice, people will then create it for the art, rather than to sound nice.

I'm not sure what "appreciate it for the art" means.

Do you mean "appreciate its intended purpose" (i.e. what an artist is trying to accomplish) rather than "appreciate its expected purpose" (i.e. what you think the artist is trying to accomplish or what you think the artist should try to accomplish or what you know previous artists have tried to accomplish)?

Comment author: DanielLC 21 October 2011 11:15:44PM 2 points [-]

I think more appreciate the strategies they used to creatively accomplish a goal.