We are the first generation to have instant access to all art, history, science, etc. I think we are more than one hundred years into a renaissance that began with industrialization and is now augmented by the internet. We are in a golden age of art. Look at music and films today. They are incredibly varied and amazing. Hip-hop has Death Grips, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, and Meek Mill, each artist has a unique style and that is just one genre. The rules of electronic music have still not been created yet, and because of that artists have a lot room to experiment. Kendrick Lamar, Death Grips, Radiohead, FKA Twigs, Flying Lotus etc. will be remembered as musical innovators. In the last few years we've had some great films aswell; Whiplash Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman will be remembered as a great writer I think), Enemy, Birdman etc. are great films that have recieved great critical acclaim, but each one is incredibly varied, and those are just English speaking films, I am not familiar enough with cinema outside of the US and UK enough make claims about them like this. Comedy has seen great innovations too. Just eighty or so years ago comedy was mostly slap stick and avoided touchy subjects. Comedians like George Carlin, Louis CK, and Bill Hicks use their comedy to take on uncomfortable social subjects and Politics in a vulgar way and can be guaranteed safety from persecution. Tim and Eric and Million Dollar Extreme are insane experimental comedians who could probably have only flourished today.

There has been so much innovation with art in the past hundred years or so because of information technology. Art is moving at a blistering pace, way faster than any other time period. Mediums have been created and there is a community of people discussing on the internet on forums like this one and 4chan. This is a truly amazing time! I think it will have to slow down eventually, but I could be wrong. They say technology improves at an exponential rate and with that society will as well, giving social critics more to criticize. But this is a chaotic world and I think it will cool over. But for now art is flourishing. The next generation of artists will have had access to all art from all cultures from most of history and its just gonna get crazy. I'm just really excited to be alive.