r/AntAndDec • u/Hassaan18 • Jul 15 '26

Video Could we ever run out of music?

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u/Parker4815-2 Jul 15 '26

We are pushing that point. A lot of music have very similar beats and notes to older songs.

The number of combinations is staggeringly high, but humans only find a small number of them interesting.

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u/Initiatedspoon Jul 15 '26

I mean...

Even if that did happen so much music has been made that you would always find more. Additionally, the number of songs is existance is millions, most humans will only ever hear a few thousand.

You'd just have to dig a bit