I was thinking the other day about, you know, U2. There was like a single that showed up on my wife’s iPhone. And it was like I guess a new song. And I was like, “U2’s been around since the ’80s.” It’s like that is like a bit, you know, it’s like 26. That’s like, you know, some 46 years. That would have been like when we were kids, like, you know, listening to a band that was around in the 1940s, you know? It’s just sort of like — the scope of the time. Like we have access to so much that we didn’t have access to when we were kids. And we’re just the — all the culture has been preserved. I don’t think that other generations have had easy access to stuff that was made so long ago. – I think there can — there can be a concern, too, that that easy access actually can mean the culture feels more static, too, because, that can sort of like crowd out space for newer, younger stuff to come through. – I totally agree. I think that, you know, it does feel like the culture is a little flat, like you’re not seeing the decades, like, be as distinct as they used to be. We’re just — we have so much stuff that it becomes hard for newer people to be able to, like, find that space. I mean I look at it even with like TV, it’s you make this thing. You put all this energy into it. You never even experience it with the audience. You don’t ever get that final like, “Oh, did it work? Did it not work?” And then as soon as your last episode airs, there’s 20 new shows that are on, you know, and then those will go through and then there’s 20 more. It just constantly — Nothing has its moment in the sun. And, I think that’s probably just because of the world we live in. There’s just so much stuff out there, old and new. – I just think that if, if you’re lamenting the fact that this stuff doesn’t get a moment in the sun, like, wait until your book comes out. That’s what I’ve been hearing.
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