[crazybigdan]

I think this is right on. I listen to quite a bit of music and I have said several times to friends something like "I could spend the rest of my life listening to music released before 2000". Hyperbole, perhaps to some, but that is pretty accurate. I am now able to go and "discover" bands from the 70s.

Film is another form of media that behaves in a similar manner. Why would I need to watch the new remake of movie X when the original is so readily available, and likely better.

I think the internet has worked to make media and culture diffuse much faster. Something new and interesting is suddenly everywhere and certain kinds of surprises, or hype or suspense similar to say, the Beatles landing in the US in the 60s, would be extraordinarily hard to replicate.

I would though, take a less dour attitude in regards to the future than you seem to have hinted at. I think society is adjusting to the this bombardment of entertainment, a more more people live fulfilling lives mostly detached from social media, you just won't find them on facebook :-).