it's funny too, because I don't think I believe that the amount of effort that went in to a thing matters for how good the thing is. The origin of the hodl meme is an incredible piece of internet writing. Maybe it took a lot of effort, maybe gamekyuubi just dashed it off quick like. Either way it's good.
But you are right on that there is some quality that we used to be able to rely on: that highly polished works of art at the very least took significant effort from their creator, and so it was worth engaging seriously. And this is not true anymore.
it's funny too, because I don't think I believe that the amount of effort that went in to a thing matters for how good the thing is. The origin of the hodl meme is an incredible piece of internet writing. Maybe it took a lot of effort, maybe gamekyuubi just dashed it off quick like. Either way it's good.
But you are right on that there is some quality that we used to be able to rely on: that highly polished works of art at the very least took significant effort from their creator, and so it was worth engaging seriously. And this is not true anymore.