- Why do we actually seek publication?

- A breakdown of Marx, Socially Necessary Labor Time, and why your 10-year lyrical novella is valued the same as a book written in three months.

- Why romance and mystery are more likely to be published because they act as dopamine delivery systems to our exhausted brains.

- How the "speed of creativity" has been standardized by platforms, turning artists into content generators who can never stop feeding the beast.

- Why getting a book deal doesn’t actually make you free, and why you might still be selling your labor time just to survive.

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