Sure, things become boring as they become popular, and therefore optimised. Rather than lamenting the loss of baseball, you can go and find another sport that

Sure, things become boring as they become popular, and therefore optimised. Rather than lamenting the loss of baseball, you can go and find another sport that is more immature, scrappier, and so on. If pop music is predictable then find a music genre that is less well known. The key is to look to where the money is, and then go elsewhere.