Is Pop Culture Worse Than Ever? by Plain English

Derek Thompson interviews Spencer Kornhaber about his recent article in The Atlantic titled, “Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?” This interview is a nice summary to what is a long, paywalled article. I think Kornhaber’s analysis of our current cultural moment is spot on. Even in my short time on this planet, trying to be an artist today feels different than it used to, like it’s a post-apocalyptic world: dark, starving, trying to survive on scraps. It’s pretty bleak, honestly, but the two of them do a good job finding some positives in the mix too.