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Is the Internet Making Culture Worse?—Asterisk

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The decline of criticism might explain the sense that our culture is stagnating. How can we bring it back?

Is the Internet Making Culture Worse?—Asterisk The decline of criticism might explain the sense that our culture is stagnating. How can we bring it back? I don’t remember reading any great novels in the ‘90s. Or listening to any good albums, either. It’s not the decade’s fault, it’s mine: I was born in 1993. By the time I could read books and choose my own music, things were already going downhill. The 20th century, apparently, was the last time we had great art, literature, or music. Although the current century was meant to be a Cambrian explosion of creativity — inaugurated by the internet,

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