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Entertainment is not the enemy. But unconscious consumption is. The greatest blockbuster of our time is the story we tell ourselves about how we spend our attention. Make sure itโs a good one.
Streaming changed the logistics, but the pandemic accelerated the psychological shift. Today, the "water cooler" has moved online. We don't just watch Succession ; we dissect it on Reddit, consume recap podcasts, and watch reaction videos on YouTube. The text (the show) is just the seed. The real entertainment is the โthe discourse, the fan theories, the out-of-context memes. salierixxx
In ten years, "watching" a movie might mean stepping into the scene as a passive observerโor an active participant. Popular media will evolve from a story told to you to a world inhabited by you. The power of entertainment content is no longer in the hands of a few studio executives in Hollywood. It is distributed across the algorithms and the audiences. The question is no longer "What should I watch?" but "How should I let this media affect me?" Entertainment is not the enemy