### id234441961 creative fields often prioritize novelty > Prestige within a creative field is so tightly bound with novelty that it’s pretty much inevitable that ambitious new works must abandon older forms, even when many of the artists and elites may prefer them. - [View Highlight](https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-modern?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4MDc2ODE1LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MjAzMDM2OCwiXyI6InpOWllYIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMzMzk4NjQ0LCJleHAiOjE2MzM0MDIyNDQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.xqwzUyP-IQVgK3JzUiys2QREEVmH7XP8uaSwgcFUdh8&__readwiseLocation=0%2F0%2F102%2F0%2F2%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F1%2F1%2F0%2F1%3A0%2C1%2F102%2F0%2F2%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F1%2F1%2F0%2F1%3A0#:~:text=Prestige%20within%20a%20creative%20field%2Cand%20elites%20may%20prefer%20them.) - [[Highlights From The Comments On Modern Architecture by Scott Alexander#id234441961 creative fields often prioritize novelty|View in Vault]]