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Mari, the Happy Wanderer's avatar

This was brilliant, especially this insight: “Forgetting humans are social animals is never a good business strategy.” I had never thought about binge-watching this way before, but you’ve convinced me. Of course, I’m an older Gen-Xer who fondly remembers racing to school to discuss the latest episode of Mork and Mindy. Those conversations with friends about TV were fun!

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Erin E.'s avatar

You really stan for Peter Thiel.

These are brilliant observations. Who would’ve thought something so banal as how tv is delivered would have huge cultural implications? But it does! Just like social media created echo chambers instead of piazzas, this model of streaming has created crack houses rather than party houses.

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