There are more classics from years past than I'll ever have time for, I have no need for contemporary bestsellers nor worsesellers.
Unfortunate perhaps for my counterpart 100y from now if the article is correct and there isn't the 21st century to sample like I can read the 20th, but I think that's hard to judge in the moment, especially when (inherently in the argument) critical 'edgy' unpopular classics-in-the-making aren't getting the attention.
In the meantime, there's a large pool that's stood the test of time to draw from, and if you know what you like and just want more ('instant gratification') of it, it makes sense that that would be churned out contemporarily, as I'm sure it was in the past - especially serialised in magazines and newspapers.
Unfortunate perhaps for my counterpart 100y from now if the article is correct and there isn't the 21st century to sample like I can read the 20th, but I think that's hard to judge in the moment, especially when (inherently in the argument) critical 'edgy' unpopular classics-in-the-making aren't getting the attention.
In the meantime, there's a large pool that's stood the test of time to draw from, and if you know what you like and just want more ('instant gratification') of it, it makes sense that that would be churned out contemporarily, as I'm sure it was in the past - especially serialised in magazines and newspapers.