I think it says what the mystics were always saying:
Most people are like they’re asleep.
Great art works to break people out of that sleep—that includes pop music and TV and whatever else.
The kind of garbage that gets elevated by these algorithms does the opposite—it buries peoples minds and numbs their senses. There’s a lot of money to be made off of people who are continuously preoccupied rather than present and feeling.
Great art works to break people out of that sleep—that includes pop music and TV and whatever else.
The kind of garbage that gets elevated by these algorithms does the opposite—it buries peoples minds and numbs their senses. There’s a lot of money to be made off of people who are continuously preoccupied rather than present and feeling.