I didn’t know there was such a thing as the “creative class,” and more importantly, that that’s where I’d be if the economy weren’t the shithole that it is.
“I used to have a confidence that there was a path available for people who were willing to work at it,” [John] says. “But I’m not so sure about that any more. If everybody’s trying to crowd a deck of the last boat still afloat, there’s not much room there.”