I was starting to write something similar, but realized I was really just projecting. You may be out of touch.<p>&gt;I&#x27;ve observed a similar thing in areas like film: most of today&#x27;s films are reboots, rehashes, and remakes or at least are exploring themes and plot templates already laid down. Musical innovation lasted longer but seems to have effectively stagnated since the late 1990s. I haven&#x27;t heard anything in a long time that doesn&#x27;t just riff on something pioneered before the year 2000.<p>There&#x27;s a lot of wonderful modern stories being told, with new perspectives all the time in film. &quot;Popular&quot; movies have always played to the lowest common denominator.<p>What you probably missed around the year 2000 was the rise of electronic music. There is an explosion of creativity and new sounds coming out all the time. Again, &quot;popular&quot; music is frequently lowest common denominator.<p>The field of neuroscience and psychology has come a HUGE way since the 1970s. Remember when people were just &quot;crazy&quot;? Untreatable?<p>You might not see these things from your vantage point. As you grow older things start to look more and more the same - while it can be true that there are a lot of similarities, know that cognatively it&#x27;ll be more difficult for you to actually pick out the &quot;new&quot; stuff.<p>Honest opinion - stop watching the news and hearing professional opinion sellers. There&#x27;s not as much advertising revenue from telling you that things are doing just fine.