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"The content is not the same, but in both cases Americans are inhabiting a world in which one of the cushiest rewards for doing politics is to get into content creation, whatever form it takes."
Is there some reason to think her content really fits ... TV? Kinda wondering how this actually works.
1. Virtue signal 2. ????? 3. Profit!
It seems more like the phrase "virtue signalling" is used when someone doesn't like a thing and they just label it as such...
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For a subscription streaming service you need prestige shows to get people to subscribe, the type of content people think they want to watch, then once they are subscribed you need a portfolio of junk food TV which is what they actually will watch to keep them hooked.
Junk entertainment (social media, programmed streaming, etc) is going to be the bane of humanity. Junk food + Junk entertainment doesn’t add up to a productive society. It seems like advanced economies, on average, are suffering from obesity as well as decline in brainpower. Even China can’t avoid this and I don’t see them clamping down on things that keep their population “busy”. Bifurcation in education and intelle…
Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness), Yoshida Kenkō 1330 - 1332 AD
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Congrats on joining the long, proud, ancient history of saying society is going to hell.
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But as to contemporary TV: it ain’t junk. You want to see junk? Go back to the 1970s. Three’s Company? The Love Boat? The Brady Bunch? Any of the awful cheesey variety shows? Modern TV is vastly, hugely better than what it used to be, in terms of acting, cinematography, and music. And I’d argue more intellectually challenging—so many of the hit shows have long, ongoing arcs, instead of standalone episodes, that require viewers to get invested and understand the plot threads. Takes a lot more brainpower to keep track of what’s going on in Watchmen than The Dukes of Hazzard.
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One of their shows, Ted Lasso, just won some awards I think. I honestly signed up to see it, and we've stayed with it because of how good that show really was. I'm not a soccer or football fan, but it is a compelling story about humanity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lasso If it's anything like News+, of which I've worked closely with teams (and former VP went on to work in curation of their Canadian content), t…
"Mythic Quest"[0] is also a great show that I'm sure many people on HN would enjoy on an extra level, since it deals with gaming and making games and they don't hesitate to make fun of their unsaid partnership with Ubisoft Montreal. For reference, it's got a mix of production and cast from Community and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and their pandemic episode is currently the highest rated for the show because t…
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For a subscription streaming service you need prestige shows to get people to subscribe, the type of content people think they want to watch, then once they are subscribed you need a portfolio of junk food TV which is what they actually will watch to keep them hooked.
Junk entertainment (social media, programmed streaming, etc) is going to be the bane of humanity. Junk food + Junk entertainment doesn’t add up to a productive society. It seems like advanced economies, on average, are suffering from obesity as well as decline in brainpower. Even China can’t avoid this and I don’t see them clamping down on things that keep their population “busy”. Bifurcation in education and intelle…
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1. Virtue signal 2. ????? 3. Profit!
I can't figure out what anyone means by "virtue signaling" anymore. It seems more like the phrase "virtue signalling" is used when someone doesn't like a thing and they just label it as such...
Working for a nonprofit or being a vegetarian isn’t virtue signaling. Dropping either in a conversation where it wasn’t related to the topic is. Constantly broadcasting as well. Putting “Crunchy mom” in your email signature is as well although that’s been around a while so not likely to be noticed.
Willa Paskin at Slate had an interesting take recently about how content creation has become the default endgame for politicians: https://slate.com/culture/2021/02/barack-obama-bruce-springs... "The content is not the same, but in both cases Americans are inhabiting a world in which one of the cushiest rewards for doing politics is to get into content creation, whatever form it takes."
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I can't figure out what anyone means by "virtue signaling" anymore. It seems more like the phrase "virtue signalling" is used when someone doesn't like a thing and they just label it as such...
Virtue signaling is when it’s unnecessary. Working for a nonprofit or being a vegetarian isn’t virtue signaling. Dropping either in a conversation where it wasn’t related to the topic is. Constantly broadcasting as well. Putting “Crunchy mom” in your email signature is as well although that’s been around a while so not likely to be noticed.
That seems awfully wide...
So by your examples, communication?
That's just too wide a net. Humans are social animals, we communicate, a lot.
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Junk entertainment (social media, programmed streaming, etc) is going to be the bane of humanity. Junk food + Junk entertainment doesn’t add up to a productive society. It seems like advanced economies, on average, are suffering from obesity as well as decline in brainpower. Even China can’t avoid this and I don’t see them clamping down on things that keep their population “busy”. Bifurcation in education and intelle…
“In all things I yearn for the past. Modern fashions seem to keep on growing more and more debased. I find that even among the splendid pieces of furniture built by our master cabinetmakers, those in the old forms are the most pleasing.” Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness), Yoshida Kenkō 1330 - 1332 AD https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/28169/what-is-th... Congrats on joining the long, proud, ancient history…
But we’re not the only ones. Educational shows are better. Very much better, but the entertainment is still escapism, whether they have Shatner or Olivier.
That said, entertainment and thinking don’t mix —which is why we have laugh tracks. Instead the programming is thinking for you. That’s perhaps worse than anodyne programming.
[1] https://time.com/2938158/youth-fail-to-qualify-military-serv...
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Junk entertainment (social media, programmed streaming, etc) is going to be the bane of humanity. Junk food + Junk entertainment doesn’t add up to a productive society. It seems like advanced economies, on average, are suffering from obesity as well as decline in brainpower. Even China can’t avoid this and I don’t see them clamping down on things that keep their population “busy”. Bifurcation in education and intelle…
“In all things I yearn for the past. Modern fashions seem to keep on growing more and more debased. I find that even among the splendid pieces of furniture built by our master cabinetmakers, those in the old forms are the most pleasing.” Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness), Yoshida Kenkō 1330 - 1332 AD https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/28169/what-is-th... Congrats on joining the long, proud, ancient history…