Today, many of us take such vast assortments for granted, until we pause to consider how inconceivable it was 20 years ago that anyone with an internet connection would one day be able to, say, stream a Turkish soap opera or learn how to cook a vegan dish from Zimbabwe. So Anderson was right about the cultural impact of the Long Tail, though he som... See more
Marina Krakovsky • What Everyone Got Wrong About ‘the Long Tail’
There are many people born out of step with the times. If you read poetry you’re 150 years too late (at least). If you enjoy novels, you’re about 75-100 years too late. If you like cinema as an art form, 30 years too late.
The future is audio and especially visual content, just conversation, increasingly trivial. It wil... See more
FischerKingx.comThe Dark Ages gradually ended six centuries ago with the Renaissance, which seeded new ideas for a different world. The Renaissance ideal dominated our culture until three centuries ago, from the 14th to the 18th century, when it was superseded by modernism. Not surprisingly, this human ideal has almost been forgotten in our culture. The Renaissanc
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