>Mastroianni’s explanation is that the weirdos and freaks who actually move culture forward with new music and books and movies and genres of art have disappeared, potentially because life is just so comfortable and high-quality now that it nudges people against risk-taking.
My rebuttal to this is I think the "weirdos and freaks" have not stopped out of comfort, but those that seek out this content have moved to short-form of so many disparate threads it is no longer marketable. Because they no longer have to vie for the same spots as the "normals", what is normal has consequently become more normal, and what has not has become exponentially so. There is certainly still crosstalk in the form of remixes and inspiration, but I think both parties are sated in their separation so much so that "new music and books and movies and genres of art have disappeared [from the view of the general public]"
WorldPeas•1mo ago
My rebuttal to this is I think the "weirdos and freaks" have not stopped out of comfort, but those that seek out this content have moved to short-form of so many disparate threads it is no longer marketable. Because they no longer have to vie for the same spots as the "normals", what is normal has consequently become more normal, and what has not has become exponentially so. There is certainly still crosstalk in the form of remixes and inspiration, but I think both parties are sated in their separation so much so that "new music and books and movies and genres of art have disappeared [from the view of the general public]"