> writing a blog post every once in a while will not provide meaningful income

Nor, generally, should it. Sitting down one or two Saturday afternoons a month to write a blog post shouldn't be generating the income of a FTE.

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chiefalchemist an hour ago | parent [-]

Allow me a second to play Devil’s Advocate.

What if it could? Or should (be able to produce FTE or close income)?

In that world, the amount of pointless shite - questing to “go viral” - would be reduced to near zero. That is, if the incentive were more quality, and less quantity, we’d be better off, yes?

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FireBeyond 41 minutes ago | parent [-]

So there's an element of truth to that. And there are those who can contribute enough value, have enough audience, etc., that they can "coast" on those 2 blog posts a month and make significant income...

... but that's also not, nor should it be the median. I'm not sure how the economy functions if, say 8h/mo effort generates a median living wage.

	▲	o11c 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Tbf in a post-scarcity society, that should be expected, if historical inertia doesn't prevent it.