![]() That's scant consolation for the rest of us. It's a cute little maneuver to say you care little for money and that "art works by different rules" when your company is pulling in multi-million dollar commissions. I think the community is something that our hearts instinctively look for, and so for me I feel a great resolve and a real privilege to be able to devote my life to," added Strickler, drawing impromptu applause from the Disrupt audience. "I think there are things that are more important than money. If you look at everything through that prism the concept of what becomes possible becomes much, much smaller," he said. "If you look at the way the culture industry or investment models work, someone gives you money and hopes that they will make money themselves - and obviously that is the point of investment but I think art works by different rules, creative things work by different rules. ![]() The decision that you don't care about money was made on your behalf by Kickstarter's co-founder Yancey Strickler today onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt: There is a standing presumption when one backs a Kickstarter project: you may lose your money. Kickstarter has a reply for jilted supporters: "there are things that are more important than money." How kind! Oculus Grift: Kickstarter As Charity For Venture Capitalists A huge Kickstarter crowd had given Oculus money in its early days, and now they were being left behind. When Oculus Rift sold out to Facebook for $2 billion, some of us raised eyebrows. ![]()
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