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

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

I think the answer is "neither". It falls into the "creative industries" category, along with film making, advertising, computer games etc. etc. Apparently (according to something I heard on Radio 4 the other week), the creative industries contribute as much to the GDP as the banking and finance industries.

Which then leads me to ask, why then did we allow such a small part of the economy to dominate everything and lead us into ruin?

[diceytillerman.livejournal.com]

Definitely profound.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

The comments have been profound, too!! I was going to comment, but now I'm just gobsmacked into silence!!

Thanks for that food for thought!!

[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.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Writing a novel = craft
Printing = manufacturing
Promoting one's book on Richard and Judy = service