The real value of a liberal arts degree is learning how not to be cringe.
(In the context of "John Carmack once said it is every rendering engineer's mandate to recreate the physical world in the digital one")
You’ve reminded me tangentially of perhaps my favorite short exchange on that site, posted under someone’s personal passion project:
That's a lot of work, and a beautiful result. I'm just not sure what the purpose is.
I can't understand how you so monumentally miss the point. It's art.
