“All over the world serious work is being made in all sorts of unauthorised ways. Old-fashioned opinion, meanwhile, is tying its shoelaces and not noticing.” (“Mere Fact, Mere Fiction,” 4/17/10, Guardian)
That is David Hare, from an essay on writing, theater, and journalism. If he’s right, then the next thing to hope for would be for everyone to know it and think it’s for the best…which surely it is.