Comment by satvikpendem
2 months ago
Joy should not come from utility but its fundamentality of enjoyment. I still learn different programming languages because it's fun to do so, so sounds like it's a you problem.
2 months ago
Joy should not come from utility but its fundamentality of enjoyment. I still learn different programming languages because it's fun to do so, so sounds like it's a you problem.
> Joy should not come from utility but its fundamentality of enjoyment. I still learn different programming languages because it's fun to do so, so sounds like it's a you problem.
I learn because it's fun but PART of that learning also comes from having an environment to show off my new skills. I think a lot of people downplay this but it's inevitable and AI is ruining that environment.
“You shouldn’t find joy from things the way you said you do. Sounds like a you problem.”
Exactly. If they just do things for utility I struggle to see if they did it for joy in the first place. A painter still paints even if there is some perfect machine that can paint. This sounds like the same crisis many artists had when photography was invented.
Craft isn’t craft if it doesn’t produce something. So enjoying the utility of it is not a secondary aspect. That’s a key difference between craft and art.
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