A Philosophical Question

[steepholm]

I was reading today about the degree to which the UK has moved over the last generation from a manufacturing to a service economy. Which leads me to wonder... which category does writing fall into?

Supplementary: Is the first question profound or trivial? I can't decide that either.

Comments

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

You need to read various people - including Marx - on the piano player for several answers. As I recall, the answer's yes. I think Marx would say superstructure, Williams base.

As an entrepreneur champion (no, really) said yesterday, the problem is, people don't expect to pay those people who supply the arts.