Ted Gioia thinks our culture is stagnant. Hollywood's out of creative ideas, people don't trust the media, social media makes us addicted to distraction, and people don't read hard books like they used to. Timestamps: 2:30 The age of minimalism 8:45 Our crisis of trust 25:30 How songwriting has changed 36:15 Artistic formulas 40:48 Why our culture is stuck 1:08:14 Become a domain expert 1:26:45 Crazy dream stories 1:32:57 Lessons from The Beatles 1:33:45 Bob Dylan, Taylor Swift, Eminem 1:41:17 The homogenization of culture 1:46:25 Why we're so distracted 1:47:11 Dopamine culture I've shared the full interview with @tedgioia below. If you want to watch the full thing or listen on Apple / Spotify, check out the reply tweets.

Why don't people trust the news anymore? Because so much of it is propaganda. Ted Gioia says: "~50% of the writing that circulates nowadays has an agenda."

Hollywood is stuck on the treadmill of sequels. Non-fiction books feel formulaic. New buildings are plagued by the same bland aesthetic. Ted Gioia says: "The single biggest opportunity in our culture is to fight through the formulas and create something that's truly different."