> These days, it's a rare piece of text that surprises the reader with creative ...

> These days, it's a rare piece of text that surprises the reader with creative or ingenious or outside-the-box thinking.

I don't think it's any more rare now than it ever was. It's always been rare.

> Much has been written, yes. But not much of that is worth reading.

Sturgeon's Law is immutable and timeless.