And movies and TV. Why try some random new stuff when any of the classic movies is both guaranteed to be good and probably available for free from the library's DVD collection?
I feel a reader or a music lover is more likely to delve into the past than a gamer or movie watcher. I cant remember meeting anyone that was put off by the age of a book or a song, but have recommended games and movies to hardcore gamers and self labelled cinephiles and they were written off immediately due to age.
eg: What's it like to be a teenager alongside the rise of AI? It's a hell of a lot different than the old sci-fi imagines, and old sci-fi generally skipped to the 'end-phase-ubiquitous-AGI' instead of focusing on the transitionary 'awkward teenage' period of the technology.
> What's it like to be a teenager alongside the rise of AI?
That's a tough question? Going to college and taking on debt no longer looks like a good choice. What to learn that won't be heavily devalued in four years?