There’s a phrase that my digital native son uses; “lost media”. It’s daunting to think about all of the artwork; paintings, symphonies, books etc. that have disappeared in to the nothingness. Great works by unknowns.

How about the notion that every single performance by a virtuoso musician, that did not occur within the last 120 years or so, and hence wasn’t recorded, does not exist.

I have a theory that the finest thinkers alive right now are unknowns. Same with artists of all stripe. There is just so much stuff that goes under the radar. However, in this age, the media need not ever be lost.

It may be a thousand years until some random people stumble on to the greatest minds of your generation.