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Where's Today's Beethoven?
This algorithmic repetition isn’t just a fashion trend; it’s the prevailing spirit across multiple cultural domains. What Mull observes about clothes, the critic Ted Gioia has been analyzing in music, where the Spotify era delivers what’s already tested and popular while the opportunities for new artists diminish. Instead of entering a process of d... See more
Ross • Can We Resist the Age of the Algorithm?
The great process squeeze: How efficiency bias is choking the music industry
Devon Hansenparacosm.substack.com
Is our time any different? To anyone who has read any amount of history, the answer is almost certainly no. It would be a remarkable coincidence if ours were the first era to get everything just right.