Argues that no identifiable major genre in music has developed since rap and pre 90s. Millenial generation isn't a generation, it's a paradigm shift. Everything since Internet. #iamnotagadget
Everything is mashup/retro/nostalgia, and you couldn't meaningfully ID something now from something previous. The only new genre is really Electronica subgenres which are themselves massively rehashed and mixed up. #iamnotagadget
Human experience is continually new and unique, so culture is not reflecting that. It is at some level not authentic. Effectively 3 generations of rap have come through, with no new genre to take over.
I think this is because mainstream culture has splintered more than ever, enabled by the grouping power of the Internet; now smaller and smaller groups can be maintained b/c grouping cost is approaching zero.
So rehashing generic culture is now all that mainstream has left to do, and minor cultures now have much less chance of breaking through and reshaping mainstream's nostalgic sequel culture. #iamnotagadget
Lanier also says music in particular, but in other industries too, moving toward cloud/invisibility has reduced their ability to impact people and spread. Music's ubiquity and lack of interaction (we no longer choose songs, hit play, etc). #iamnotagadget