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		fragmede on Aug 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I've built my first successful side project, and I... was the separate village to keep the creatives in by themselves, or to keep them away from everybody else.

detourdog on Aug 21, 2024 | [–]

They had a god of "Art & Design" Ptah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptah

I imagine that the creative class was revered and feared. Potters had very low status making a commodity product that everyone needed. Hard to say what was going on.

webnrrd2k on Aug 21, 2024 | [–]

Can't it be both?

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