I've watched all of the media that I use to love turn to shit in the last decade. Myspace was great, for a time. Facebook was too. Digg. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Colbert. Chapelle. JRE. YouTube. Reddit. They all got mainstreamed (or ceased to exist altogether) and they all lost their edge.(self)
The marketing departments in most media aim for the mean IQ or slightly below. It’s easier to write for the bulk. Writing for people two standard deviations or more above the mean IQ is a very tiny market.
Agreed. Half of everyone is stupider than average, and most of the rest are really close to average too.
