Good to see you on Substack, David! I read a lot of different blogs here, so it's cool to see you on too.
When people compare art periods they forget that mass media is only ~100 years old. The vast majority of the population didn't watch plays or read what was "trendy" before then. The internet makes manipulation and engineering of mass media possible in ways that are pretty unique to our period. It makes me wonder what "culture" really was like for ordinary people before then.
Good to see you on Substack, David! I read a lot of different blogs here, so it's cool to see you on too.
When people compare art periods they forget that mass media is only ~100 years old. The vast majority of the population didn't watch plays or read what was "trendy" before then. The internet makes manipulation and engineering of mass media possible in ways that are pretty unique to our period. It makes me wonder what "culture" really was like for ordinary people before then.