<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

I was just wondering about what the internet will do to the creativity of our generation and the culture of America going forward.

Here's my train of thought: It used to be that someone who liked to paint or write or play music would do so in privacy. Only those with drive, lucky opportunity, a ton of work, and the right connections would ever be "discovered" by mass culture and possibly have the opportunity to devote their life to it (i.e. get paid). A painting you made, for instance, hung in your house for only your family and your visitors to see. End of story. Now, pretty much no matter what you create, it's very easy to "show the world" or at least put it somewhere where others can see it, regardless of whether or not someone actually looks.

We are a prolifically creative generation: I have an Etsy shop, my big brother and husband have their music on ReverbNation, and my little brother is uploading a novel onto Amazon this week. And, it's the same for a lot of people. The popularity of these sites is just flabbergasting. There is so much being produced.

But is it any good? What are we doing to our culture? Are we making cultural clutter? Does the ability to easily sell or show one's creations inspire us to try harder at our hobbies than we would if it were private? Will we make more awesome culture than other generations or condemn our culture to the mediocrity of hobbyists? Will us hobbyists drown out the potential geniuses of our generation?
<bot>: Is art of all sorts on the internet making our culture richer and more amazing or making it cluttered and underwhelming?