Old person (58) perspective -- You don't remember what it was like before the internet. We had a (1) local newspaper, Channels 2,5,7,9,11 and 32 on the TV. The most artistic things available on TV were William Alexander, Julia Child, and The Woodwright's shop.
There was an explosion of things when VHS and Cable TV showed up, but still... the variety wasn't that great because they had to satisfy mass audiences.
We've now got the long tail. If you want to watch a person clear out plugged drains for amusement, there's Post10. If you want to watch the machining of metal, there's MrPete222, ThisOldTony, ClickSpring, etc. If you want to learn about math, 3Blue1Brown, Mathologer, etc. There's PeriodicVideos, etc.
And the Podcasts... so many podcasts. The tail is long and wild and wonderful.
If there's something you're interested in, there's a niche somewhere exploring it.
There was an explosion of things when VHS and Cable TV showed up, but still... the variety wasn't that great because they had to satisfy mass audiences.
We've now got the long tail. If you want to watch a person clear out plugged drains for amusement, there's Post10. If you want to watch the machining of metal, there's MrPete222, ThisOldTony, ClickSpring, etc. If you want to learn about math, 3Blue1Brown, Mathologer, etc. There's PeriodicVideos, etc.
And the Podcasts... so many podcasts. The tail is long and wild and wonderful.
If there's something you're interested in, there's a niche somewhere exploring it.