[js2]

For a visual form of the same argument, but more about music and film, see everything is a remix:

https://www.everythingisaremix.info/

It's been submitted to HN many times but has never spawned any discussion:

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=everything+is+a+remix

[amadeuspagel]

It's easier to discuss a text, to quote from it, to comment on it -- to remix it, you might say.

[ranger_danger]

> It's been submitted to HN many times but has never spawned any discussion:

It could be because, at least for me personally, I found the first 15 minutes to be a little too boring. Perhaps people just gave up before then.