Most literature no older than 100 years looks now dated and plain boring (yes, even golden classics). Music from 2 decades ago is mostly stuff that nobody listens anymore (Yes, i know there are exceptions, but few and far between).
I'll be damned if we aren't arguing that old music and literature is inferior to today's.
I'm serious. I am really not understanding your argument? Dozens of Bach's mostly forgotten? Of course, for every genius known worldwide there are a million forgotten tryhards. Your point is?
As for the literature, I'm not saying there aren't good books being written today. But I quoted relevant examples: some of the highest selling books of the last decade: Fifty Shades of Gray and the most sold books in the world: Harry Potter. What is the connection between quoting examples of high selling contemporary literature, and being stagnated. I'm befuddled both by your incomprehensible argument and by the people modding your posts up. I just don't understand how anyone can defend the ridiculous thesis that old literature and music are inferior to today's literature and music.
The idea that nobody listens to music over twenty years old is about a dumb as it's possible to get in a syntactically valid sentence.
Yet he has been modded up to 5:Insightful. What's with
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