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How does it feel knowing that you will never see anything new in your lifetime?

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The mainstream for media and other things kind of sucks right now but people will simply live on the outside of that system and create their own things. I think this forum is a good example, like people will reject things once they become stale and start their own projects, they just aren't in the mainstream so its hard to find. I imagine there are Agora Road type communities were people make their own Media but we just don't know about them yet. I hold out hope that in this decade the mainstream in terms of media will try and reinvent itself or more people will make their own things.
 
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i was born in 1990, so i grew up seeing many innovations come to life, like the waves of the internet spread, the web 1.0, all of that
i don't believe i am going to face new innovations with the same attitude i had when i was legit young (0-25-ish y.o.), but i believe we are all going to witness many new things spawing. we're gonna be alive to see the proto-cyberpunk phase of our existence taking shape
 
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You either achieve contentment or you don't. You can't always remain an excited kid for eternity. Yeah, it's time of decline, but also time to look inwards and find meaning.
What a perfect response.

It isn't the apps / games / tv / platforms, its ourselves and the changing seasons of our lives.

High school 01-06 and uni 07-09 will always occupy an extra special place in your memory, but there is meaning and joy to be found in all seasons of your life.
 
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I think the problem is not the lack of new things, but rather how everything now just sems like worse iterations of their predecessor.

I can think of two example:

  • Windows: The Windows 10/11 UI has been made with less with less efforts than Windows. This is an objective fact to anyone who works in graphic design as the Windows 7 UI had 3D renders as icons whereas Windows 10 use simple minimalistic SVG icons. Furthermore the general consensus is that Win10/11 is very anti-consumers with things like Cortana and forced updates.
  • Pokemon games: The general consensus is that recent pokemon games are a buggy mess. Things lik reduced Pokemon count and anti-consumer practices don't help either.
That being said, it is clear that creativity and new things still exists. As far as I know, this place has no specific predecessor (aside from forums in general). It does feel that creatity is more sparse, you perphaps this post has a kernel of truth to it.

In absolute theory, it should be possible to make an analysis of how dereviative media has been in the last decade. I might try to do this one day.
 

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