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		ctrlp on March 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I wanted a beautiful computer and couldn't find on... So what? Beautiful objects were often made for rich people. In what sense does that invalidate their aesthetic qualities rather than confirm them? Average people famously have little sense of beauty. Average people don't make art.

detaro on April 1, 2023 [–]

It invalidates the arguments made in the article about how in the past people cared much more about craftsmanship based on those objects.

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