Pair with this complementary piece by W. David Marx: https://culture.ghost.io/cultural-stasis-produces-fewer-cheesy-relics-like-rocky-iv/ https://culture.ghost

Pair with this complementary piece by W. David Marx: https://culture.ghost.io/cultural-stasis-produces-fewer-cheesy-relics-like-rocky-iv/ https://culture.ghost.io/cultural-stasis-produces-fewer-chee... He writes about incentives since the 1990s that have pushed artists to shy away from making bold aesthetic choices that might seem dated a few years later. The result is more stability and a longer shelf-life for culture, but less experimentation and fewer ways for new styles to break out.