Also in Good Will Hunting, when Will (Matt Damon) delivers a scathing job rejection to the NSA.

1997. The War on Terror has a lot to answer for.

https://youtu.be/tH0bTpwQL7U

How annoying. I am not a Less Wrong reader so I have no particular insight here.

That literal spiral pattern keeps popping up, often around instances of AI psychosis: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6ZnznCaTcbGYsCmqu/the-rise-o...

(I'm not endorsing any of that article's conclusions, but it's a good overview of the pattern.)

The bit about purchased stars and followers is a bit out of left field. Is there a piece of news I missed?

Thanks for the more detailed analysis — you clearly have better visibility into specifics than I do as an outsider. I sincerely appreciate the follow up and I agree that the economics should be examined.

I still think there’s value to encouraging the arts that isn’t purely financial, but I don’t think there’s an easy way to answer yes to your last question.