This is what peak culture looks like - Works in Progress
Is the popularity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe a sign of art in decline? It's common for people to assert that film, art, music and literature are getting worse. This is why they're wrong.
If someone refused to use Google Maps and preferred to rely on a vellum chart from the 1400s, we would think they were very strange. If a bank communicated with its branches via telegraph, who would deposit money with them? If an army used guns from 1650 in a modern battle, they would meet certain death. And yet, it is commonplace to allege that not only is the art and media we produce no better than that of the near or far past, but that it is actually worse. These arguments are false. In fact, the mechanisms that drive progress in technology and science also drive progress in art – in closel
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