> I don't think Harry Potter will stand the test of time that well. In the world of Harry Potter, there are no cell phones, no internet, no Google and no AI. B

> I don't think Harry Potter will stand the test of time that well. In the world of Harry Potter, there are no cell phones, no internet, no Google and no AI. Books and stories that stand the test of time do so in spite of aging. By that, I mean that $FOO is just so damn good that it captures the imagination completely and fully. There were no television sets in Grimm fairy tales, and they're still being retold. There were no cellphones in Shrek, the last movie was made in 2019, and those ears are still recognisable to my child, born after 2019! For books and stories to age well they don't need to be very relatable to the reader (although it helps), they need to be good! A further argument is that, to be relatable, technology is not needed. There is not problem, right now, reading a book or a story written in 2024 that is set in (for example) 1960. Some very popular recent books/stories/movies/series were set in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Being relatable is neither necessary nor sufficient to aging well.