Asking a bunch of first year college students "has everything that can be invented been invented?" is going to yield wrong answers just because it's something you ask students as a thinking exercise but the answers will be wrong even if your class probably knew more than a total layman it would be the same as asking an undergrad pol sci student the same question as a 20 year diplomatic professional.
> No one has an original idea these days. > The only thing original is POV, > but with so much media being pumped into our brains even that isn't guaranteed any longer
There have been new mediums new ways of expression and new movements and reactions to them.
It's obviously not just differences in point of view. Or if it is the case then all of art history is changes in points of view (which is a legitimate view but sort of navel gazing imo as It doesn't really go anywhere). Just saying "ah but banksy is commercialised" is a non sequitur.
The argument about monoculture again I'd refer back to the list of new movements and reactions. It's a smart sounding statement that people like to say about media when they only experience a bit of it but it doesn't really get borne out by reality.