6/David Bowie said in an interview that the Internet was the end of the global phenomenon of musical icons that defined a generation.
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7/He was right. The internet gave us the option to shape our own individual tastes and preferences apart from the dictates of mass culture.
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8/As globalization and access to information increased so did the segmentation and polarization of individuals and groups.
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9/The radio & MTV after the 00's had less effect on culture. Musicians of all kinds split into niches and subcultures, as did all arts.
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10/This permitted a flourishing of original work that occasionally seeped into mainstream culture, but was more often for a small audience.
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11/There is no longer one market for Art of any kind—there are millions of niche markets with a negligible net impact on global culture.
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12/There is one aspect, however, in which we are all being shaped and influenced the same way, sharing the same cultural reality:Technology.
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13/In the past two decades Technology has replaced the role of Art in culture. Tech shapes culture, but it still doesn't know the rules.
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14/Technology has created a cultural shift in our collective experience of reality, and part of it is also a shortened attention span.
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Replying to @mistermircea
Other book recommendations: Carr's "The Shallows" and
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Carr's I've read, will check "Irresistible". Thank you again.
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