There are -so- many talented creators out there who aren't monsters. And the question comes - were they always monsters or did the prestige and power turn them into monsters? (Power corrupts....)
And if they were always monsters, did that give them a competitive edge somewhere? Were they able to make deals with their devils that got them where they wanted to be? Is the world ignoring the almost there people who are seeing very real success on their own terms (I think of people like Ada Palmer, who, like you, are quite successful in their academic careers, and show reasonable success in their other pursuits as well, but not enough to give over their day jobs.) because they don't have that monster?
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Date: 2025-01-27 06:26 pm (UTC)And if they were always monsters, did that give them a competitive edge somewhere? Were they able to make deals with their devils that got them where they wanted to be? Is the world ignoring the almost there people who are seeing very real success on their own terms (I think of people like Ada Palmer, who, like you, are quite successful in their academic careers, and show reasonable success in their other pursuits as well, but not enough to give over their day jobs.) because they don't have that monster?