Priorities

It's no trade secret that while digital technology itself is ever-improving in droves everything else is either stagnating---or even deteriorating.

It's because in order for anything to either improve or be well-maintained it has to be nurtured and enhanced continuously.

Whatever has highest priority in society, government, or business and industry, that's going to be what gets the most attention and focus from those in charge.  And, lately, what's top priority is no longer radio, television, literature, the recording industry, nor even the movie industry.  And it's not the railroads, the airlines, or the infrastructure.

All the main focus is on high tech and cyber-infrastructures.

Oh, sure, they're keeping all those other traditional elements alive for the sake of posterity and due to the fact they've made such a dent in western (and world) culture for so long their impact on us isn't exactly going to disappear overnight

...but, nonetheless, they're now being "maintained" in such a half-assed manner they've become, pretty much, a cheap imitation (and knock-off) of their former original selves.