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The shared cultural reference point is dying. Super Bowl commercials and the Oscars remain rare exceptions, but for the most part, popular media has become a billion tiny islands. To be "popular" now means winning a specific niche, not the whole world.
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is already here. Generative AI can write scripts, create deepfake actors, and produce music. In the near future, you might watch a movie where you choose the ending, or a video game where the non-playable characters speak to you spontaneously using large language models. The concern, of course, is authenticity. If an AI writes a joke or a song, does it have soul? Will we care? The shared cultural reference point is dying
: The paper "The Economics of Filmed Entertainment in the Digital Era" examines how streaming platforms like Netflix have disrupted traditional "linear" TV by focusing on subscriber retention and algorithm-driven content . The concern, of course, is authenticity
The continuous consumption of popular media exerts a profound influence on societal norms and psychological well-being.
The monoculture is gone, and it is never coming back. But in its place, we have a constellation of niches. The wisdom for the modern consumer is not to "keep up" with everything—that is impossible—but to curate deliberately.