Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even).
No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it's true. On the other hand, it's only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.
All artists are entrepreneurs. All entrepreneurs are artists.
When your art fails, make better art.
The less people know, the more they yell.
The resistance is not something to be avoided, it's something to seek out.