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The State of the Culture, 2024 - by Ted Gioia

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The President delivers a ‘State of the Union’ Speech every year, but that’s a snooze. Just look at your worthy representatives struggling to keep their eyes open. That’s because they’ve heard it all before. We have too. Not much changes in politics. Certainly not the candidates. There’s more variety at my local gas station, where at least I get to choose from three types of fuel and five flavors of Big Gulp. So forget about politics. All the action now is happening in mainstream culture—which is changing at warp speed. That’s why we need a “State of the Culture” speech instead. My address last year was quoted and cited, and was absolutely true back then—but it’s already as obsolete as the ChatGPT-1 help desk at the Bored Ape Yacht Club. In fact, 2024 may be the most fast-paced—and dangerous—time ever for the creative economy. And that will be true, no matter what happens in November. So let’s plunge in. I want to tell you why entertainment is dead. And what’s coming to take its place.

The State of the Culture, 2024 Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it's not pretty) Ted Gioia Feb 18, 2024 8,835 632 1,884 Share The President delivers a ‘State of the Union’ Speech every year, but that’s a snooze. Just look at your worthy representatives struggling to keep their eyes open. That’s because they’ve heard it all before. We have too. Not much changes in politics. Certainly not the candidates. There’s more variety at my local gas station, where at least I get to choose from three types of fuel and five flavors of Big Gulp. So forget about politics. All the action now is h

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