In "The Long Tail" there is a great anecdote about a marxist in the 30s lamenting radio as pushing watered down art on uncritical masses. The experience of homo

In "The Long Tail" there is a great anecdote about a marxist in the 30s lamenting radio as pushing watered down art on uncritical masses. The experience of homogenized culture with mega hits certainly leads to less critical minds than the average person going to an art gallery. Luckily, the rest of the book is about how this is changing. More people are creating, and more people are consuming a wider diversity of content. Personal aesthetic is rising over megahits. This is a wonderful trend, enabled by the internet.