I'd say it's probably survivor's bias. Bad books from the pre 70s are probably forgotten and no longer printed.
Old books that we're still printing and are still talking about have stood the test of time. It doesn't mean that are no great recent books.
> if you look at the movies and books that come out these days, their quality is significantly lower than 30-40 years ago (on an average)
I'm sorry but this is just nonsense.
Nassim Taleb famously argues that position, in his popular work Antifragile and elsewhere. I believe the theory is that time serves as a sieve: only works with lasting value can remain relevant through the years.
Re:I Am Tired of AI
by inkcapmushroom on Friday September 27, 2024 @04:04PM
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Completely disagree just from my own personal experience as a sci-fi reader. Modern day bestseller sci-fi novels fit right in with the old classics, and in many ways outshine them.
I have read many bad obscure sci-fi books published from the 50's to today, most of them a dollar at the thrift store. There was never a time when writers were perfect and every published work was high quality, then or now.
Aren't you worried about low quality interviews?!
I only listen to interviews from 50 years ago (interviews that have stood the test of time), about books from 100 years ago. In fact, how am I reading this article? It's not 2074 yet?!
Even ignoring the AI, if you look at the movies and books that come out these days, their quality is significantly lower than 30-40 years ago (on an average). Maybe people's attention spans and taste is to blame, or maybe people just don't have the money/time/patience to consume quality work... I do not know.
One thing I know for sure - there is enough high quality material written before AI, before article spinners, before MFA sites etc. We would need multiple lifetimes to even scratch the surface of that body of work. We can ignore mostly everything that is published these days and we won't be missing much