What's The Next Big Pop Cultural Push?

[Ruin Explorer]

The fact that you have heard of something called "BBC Radio 4" sets you apart from current high-schoolers. At my age (about 10 years older than you I think) I still listen to it on the car radio.

I guess the questions are:

A) Do "most people" become "stuck in their ways" (clearly not everyone does, but equally clearly some people do - that's not even debatable)?

B) When, exactly, does that occur for "most people"? Is it in their teens? Their twenties? Later?

It's interesting because I feel like people in general are less "stuck in their ways" (sometimes for the worse!) than they tended to be when I was younger.

No, they will move on to adult YouTube streamers. It's a natural progression from Blippy to Mr Beast.

MrBeast's core audience is 11-12 year olds. He's a child entertainer. He's not an "adult YouTube streamer" - my question is who you think they're moving on to. Because AFAIK, and I think this is important, there aren't really "adult YouTube streamers" who people just habitually watch in the same way. That that, as much as it it exists, is much more of a YouTube to TikTok thing, which involves a significant format change (and typically much, much shorter videos).

 

[Paul Farquhar]

When, exactly, does that occur for "most people"

A very good question, I expect there is some real research on the topic. My observations are largely confined to secondary school age, but across that period (10-18) there seems to be a fairly rapid decline in the human ability to assimilate new data.

I’ve heard politicians in all the main UK parties talking about keeping children in school longer. IMO that’s largely wasting money. It would be far more effective to improve early years.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

My observations are largely confined to secondary school age, but across that period (10-18) there seems to be a fairly rapid decline in the human ability to assimilate new data.

That's kind of shocking because my personal experience of my ability to assimilate new data was that, if anything, it improved over that period, and hasn't really declined hugely since, but I do get the feeling I'm kind of weird there (maybe an ADHD thing?).

IMO that’s largely wasting money. It would be far more effective to improve early years.

Yeah I don't doubt early years education being improved would be more useful than trying to keep people in school. I'm not sure my reasoning would be the same as yours, but either way.

 

[TiQuinn]

Given all the discussion on MrBeast, I figured this article might interest some people.

Inside the high-wire business of MrBeast

The biggest YouTuber on earth is building a business empire beyond videos.

www.theverge.com

 

[trappedslider]

Kids aren't invited to Toy Fair. But the industry expo can tell us a lot about the playthings they'll be asking for.

The industry expo offers a glimpse at the year's biggest toy trends.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Whittier, AK- Only Murders in the Building spinoff site?

I’m slipping. I really am. It was right there, and it took me this long to think of it:

Murders in the Only Building

 

[Retros_x]

Warfriendly stories (as in not superheros fight for peace but normal people happily die for their cause - which is their country either plainly or as hidden message) and fear of AI and robots are in my bucket list.