There's a statistical theory that if you gave a million monkeys typewriters and set them to work, they'd eventually come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. Thanks to the Internet, we now know this isn't true.
No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing.
Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.