Writing was something special back in the heydey. Authors were men, and writing was masculine. I'd say their works transcended and gave the readers an experience. These guys didn't hide their experience behind the writing. They used writing as a tool to share their experiences with the world or provide someone with an entirely new one (fiction included). Ideas emerged from these experiences. Motivation emerged. These guys didn't have the Internet, thankfully.
Fast forward to today. Anyone can write. With the advent of cyberspace, topics to write about are at the tip of their fingers, not the bottom of their feet or miles ahead of them. They even get to hide further behind with a "handle." So they never have to share experiences, just feelings on stuff they saw on the Internet. The easier ability to share on the internet has also caused certain crabs to FIND their respective buckets. And once the buckets are found, they get COMFORTABLE.
So it has become an entitlement tool for these schmucks, not the enlightenment tool it was for their ancestors.
Fast forward to today. Anyone can write. With the advent of cyberspace, topics to write about are at the tip of their fingers, not the bottom of their feet or miles ahead of them. They even get to hide further behind with a "handle." So they never have to share experiences, just feelings on stuff they saw on the Internet. The easier ability to share on the internet has also caused certain crabs to FIND their respective buckets. And once the buckets are found, they get COMFORTABLE.
So it has become an entitlement tool for these schmucks, not the enlightenment tool it was for their ancestors.