Maybe I have solved the problem of fewer people out to gigs, and it is not an over saturation of musical artists as I thought, well perhaps it is a contributing factor, but more likely as Steve Rubel calls it an 'Attention Crash'. I would have to agree with his statement that perhaps we are, 'Reaching a point where the number of inputs we have as individuals is beginning to exceed what we are capable as humans, of managing. The demands for our attention are becoming so great, and the problem so widespread, that it will cause people to crash and curtail these drains. Human attention does not obey Moore's Law.'.
I was starting to think along these lines when 'Twitter' happened. With the invention of Twitter, breaking down our communication into even smaller fragments, so our time and attention are nearly completely spent...what time is there left in the day to enjoy anything, that isn't already available in our hand? Not that I am against new forms of technology and as Derek(Sivers) mentions, Twitter is another way of keeping in touch with fans...it all has it's uses...but there has to be a balance, and perhaps socially we have not yet found that balance.
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