/lit/ - Literature

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Kant disagrees.
The obvious thing to consider is that this is a philosophical mindset in which you only benefit. When you lazily push all responsibility into the author, and make no attempt to enjoy or appreciate works more, the only one who suffers is you. When you make more effort to enjoy and appreciate works, the only one who benefits is you. This is a purely utilitarian prospect. It objectively increases the number of things you enjoy, and leads to having a better time with your media engagement in general.
This is not in the least some kind of weak-willed defense of authors that demands the reader project good qualities onto a work and basically do the author's work for them. This is a proposition that your mindset when engaging with works will dramatically change your experience with them, which is true, and if you're not a retard, you want to enjoy works when you take the time to read them, so it's good to have accept the responsibility of putting in effort to appreciate and enjoy things. It's that simple. It's entirely to your benefit.