Are You Still Watching?

“Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.”

José Ortega y Gasset

We’ve all heard stories about the days where people had only four channels to pick from.

Or even how TV turned off at midnight until the 80’s.

And we’ve now graduated to having trouble with which streaming platform to pick from.

You’d think with all this abundance people would be much happier.

But one can see how it’s resulted in a [mentally] obese generation.

And the algorithm only does what it’s been designed to do — show the user more things they already look at.

Food conglomerates and tech giants are skilled in keeping you as a lifetime customer.

No matter if it’s Keloggs’s or Netflix, profits are made because of choices you make.