The Best Documents Are the Ones That Have Lasted

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The idea that the longer something has existed, the longer i'll continue to exist is this idea of lindy. I devoted my whole youth to studying traditional cultures. And then when i got to my middle period of my life, i started focusing on now things. 70 % of everything now seems be back more to look at. Thisis an ominous trend and if we don't recognize it, it will get worse. It's not necessarily the best of the old stuffs.

Ted Gioia is a leading music historian and author of 11 books including “The History of Jazz” and “Music: A Subversive History”. He combines his cultural expertise with an extensive business background as a strategy consultant and Stanford MBA.

He also writes an incredibly insightful Substack: https://tedgioia.substack.com/

You can find him on Twitter: @TedGioia

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro + Ted’s Background
(00:03:16) - Why Culture Is Looking Backwards
(00:09:08) - Financialization Of Entertainment
(00:11:52) - Music And The Lindy Effect
(00:16:12) - How To Foster A Counterculture
(00:20:01) - Why Music Innovation Comes From Outsiders
(00:25:58) - How Music Changes Your Body Chemistry
(00:34:47) - The Downside Of The “Four Chords” Pop Music Formula
(00:40:32) - How To Do Compounding Work
(00:45:55) - How To Pursue A Creative Career
(00:49:40) - Ted’s Thoughts On Rene Girard
(00:55:22) - Rene Girard And Rock Music
(01:02:35) - Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley

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