Steve Martin remarked in his autobiography that he almost didn't go into comedy because he felt that all of the good jokes had already been told. I feel that the truth is definitely somewhere in the middle. Every joke/idea/etc hasn't been unearthed yet, but rarer they're becoming
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I also think about Borges' "The Library of Babel", of the possible combinations of letters and symbols that are possible to make up works of literature of a certain length, that they're finite in number (though numerous), and even fewer are the great works
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simpler than that, our beethoven is a blonde chick who got her start in nashville and no one wants to admit it shakespeare eh michael bay maybe
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Seems a false premise that there’s been no one better. It’s all subjective of course, but there are lots of people alive today with skills and takes that would impress Beethoven.
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but have they ACCOMPLISHED as much, that's the question? "there are people w great skills" is compatible with - ...but they accomplish less - ...bc the low hanging fruit has been picked
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