※Original blog was written in Japanese. I translated into English with Google translate.
Some old works are still recognized as masterpieces and are always referred to. So I will always write about the question of whether the quality of old masterpieces is so much better than the current ones.
Naturally, the difference in quality is incomparable because the times are different. Furthermore, when evaluating old works, you can evaluate with some conclusion, so you can raise any good point by changing the viewpoint. In addition, I think that past works are often talked about with fantasy.
Although there is no intention of degrading old masterpieces, every time we look at the situation, it comes to mind that what is highly evaluated and admired is always born of the condition that there is little information.
From the beginning, I mentioned a rather complicated idea, but here is a concrete example.
Dragon Ball, which is a one of Japanese masterpiace mangas. It is an overwhelmingly legendary work that has influenced not only Japan but the world as well.
In terms of the number of comics, Dragon Ball ends just in 42 volumes(in Japanese edition), the impact of the work has been and will be enormous. It has spilled over into a variety of content, including anime and movies, Hollywood live action (although this was a failure), games and goods.
Dragon Ball is a very special story, with a very attractive story and pictures.
But how about Dragon Ball compared to the current work? There is a question. Definitely a masterpiece, I love it, and when I was a boy, Dragon Ball wasn't already serialized in Shonen Jump, but at that time I didn't think so much there was something more interesting than Dragon Ball .
But I think this idea, which the past masterpiace always excel current one so much is related to the development of technology. In particular, I think it is very close to technologies that have enabled information distribution, such as SNS
For example, a work that is serialized now is, of course, currently in progress, and there is a huge amount of information such as evaluation of the work, information on related goods events, and personality of the creator.
This environment, for better or worse, prevents you from getting into the work itself. For example, if you come across an overwhelmingly interesting work, how do you feel when you see a post on SNS that points out the inconsistency of the story in the work? Without thinking of emotions, I wonder if somebody feels sick even if they are not too conscious of the information.
By the way, although we have given examples of comics, the evaluation of people is the same. The biography and anecdote had a strong impact on the presidents and prime ministers who left a name in history, and thought that such a person would be present.I could not know other than limited information, and there was no information left.
Thinking about President Trump, for example, he has received barrage based on past actions and remarks, such as the pornographic actress issue. Looking at it, it seems very easy to knock him down based on various information. (It's not surprising because there's no perfect person on the earth, not just Trump.) But I think his performance and vitality are real, as he is no less competitive and uses that information in reverse to move politics dynamically.
On the other hand, even President Trump is exposed to much criticism with this amount of information today, but from a different perspective, consider his age because SNS and the Internet have been in full swing in recent decades However, information from about 40-50 years old is limited even if it comes out.
In other words, when the president moves on to the next generation, it is likely that the president of that generation will have more diversified information from birth to the present.
When that happens, Trump aside, it will be hardly comparable to the past presidents and other fairs.
And, as the current trend is going to be, it will become a trend that will have to become populistic politics from now on.
I'm not going to talk too much about politics here, but in general, there is information that I can refer to when evaluating something, even within the limits of what I can perceive. It's difficult to compare things with the present, and the past is biased by illusion.
In today's environment, good or bad, no illusions are born, and extremely sharp analyzes based on FACT can be made. Most recently, FACTFULNESS was popular, but it is probably not temporary, and I think many people will continue to value the thoughts they have met. (By the way, the essence of that idea of FACTFULLNESS was to try to capture the current situation correctly with data for abstract pessimism, so the nuance may be slightly different from this blog.)
After all, ignoring the fact that illusions are no longer born is good or bad, but you have to understand that illusions beyond the sorrow of the past are less likely to be born.
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