As someone lucky enough to be at a university in the pre-web Internet days, I can confirm the experience felt vast and enriching when I just stumbled upon stuff, heard by word of mouth, etc. I didn’t have an algorithm guiding which way my tunnel vision was looking.
I liked Bruce (The Boss) Springsteen until he suddenly got all political & began trashing our beautiful president. He should leave the politics to the professionals & keep singing about apolitical things like being born in the USA , & the ghost of Tom “It’s Not Unusual / Whats New Pussycat” Jones