<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Automation should increase the creative surplus of... > Automation should increase the creative surplus of civilization. Its great promise is not an endless flood of disposable content, but the return of human attention to science, care, craft, discovery, public problem-solving, and forms of beauty that scarcity once kept unborn. **Source:** [[livestreams/Creativity, Liberty, and the Conditions That Make Art Possible - Workbook|Creativity, Liberty, and the Conditions That Make Art Possible]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Automation should increase the creative surplus of civilization. Its great promise is not an endless flood of disposable content, but the return of human attention to science, care, craft, discovery, public problem-solving, and forms of beauty that scarcity once kept unborn.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-automation-should-increase-once-kept-unborn ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->