Sure, one can look at the development arches, from tinkerers to creators to the masses. But there's another view, these parallel lines of development. For exam

Sure, one can look at the development arches, from tinkerers to creators to the masses. But there's another view, these parallel lines of development. For example, computers have had games on them since the start. So what else is occurring on social media platforms used by people on their phones, beside manufactured outrage? Or are there games that teach kids some valuable skills instead of addicting them to some loop? For one, one can still organize events with the help of Facebook. Real physical gettogethers. I learned a lot of English, typing and how to use the mouse from games - and I use these skills every day at my work, to a great advantage. Some games made you think, at least a little bit. People are still discussing and learning on Hacker News. I think in general the etiquette is better than ever. There's entirely new forms of humor - memes. That's awesome. There's a theory that humor exists for learning purposes. The best jokes have a surprising punchline. We can look at older media platforms like television. Sure, there are talk shows and reality TV filling the ever growing number of channels. You see filler with some tubers just sitting there talking. Is youtube considered TV? The front page of youtube on anonymous mode is complete garbage, probably worse than any TV channel ever existing anywhere. There's the formulaic Netflix show that feels like it's made to tick some boxes. But on the other hand, there's more variety, as there is a smaller threshold for publication. I've seen great TV material made in Spain, Korea, France, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Denmark and China. I think TV is more artsy and multifaceted than before, maybe not on average, but there's more of that material available. So I would say things are still evolving. Some fields, where no new technical inventions have happened, like fashion, are still changing, but they have become cyclical.