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[โ€“] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Nothing better for packaging than those subtle piano fingers. Bonus points if they're desperate because the grant money that funded them recently ran out and they still haven't submitted their thesis.

[โ€“] isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I swear, no one who laments our lack of Einsteins and Mozarts has spent a single second ever actually trying to make a living as a scientist or musician.

You want more Einsteins and Mozarts? Establish universal basic income. You don't even need to pay a ton. Just enough that everyone can have basic subsistence regardless of what they can earn by working. The true Einsteins and Mozarts will probably be content with just that modest level of income, living in a studio apartment forever so they can dedicate all of their time to their passion.