Ya. My noob understanding of these things is that there is no culture without counterculture. Because we can only understand things, like culture, identity, and

Ya. My noob understanding of these things is that there is no culture without counterculture. Because we can only understand things, like culture, identity, and self, in contrast to other things. From Gioia's OC: > A sense of sameness pervades the creative world ... aka "Kids these days..." I've been hearing this exact same criticism for as long as I remember. One observation (McLuhan? Warhol?), using the example of da Vinci's Mona Lisa, which made some sense to me: Modern tech makes reproduction trivial. So any original content quickly becomes ubiquitous. Separating content from original creator. Thereby mooting any of original intention or meaning or esthetic or whatever. In other words, everything popular becomes banal. My example, from the 90s era new age fads, I always thought of the yin-yang symbol showing up every where. Especially as tattoos. Oh so original. Further, I think this also helps explain the disappointment about "selling out". It's a rare thing for a creator to become popular, not wear out their welcome, and retain their original fan base.