We have more entertainment than any generation in history, so why does everything feel boring now? Fatigue, the death of originality and digital overwhelm are things we’ve been mulling over a lot recently, after finding ourselves sick of the onslaught of mid-level media, the memeification of politics, nihilism, AI slop and remake after re-release upon algorithm-driven copycat. Is this all just a symptom of the attention economy in overdrive? And what can we do to reclaim our interest? This week we’re deep-diving into why we all feel so bored of everything and how we fight back in the age of average.


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Recs / reviews: 



  • “Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?” The Atlantic
  • The decline of Hollywood talent and originality, Brad Starks on LinkedIn
  • This is what it looks like when nothing matters, The Atlantic
  • What Does '6-7' Mean? Don't Expect Gen Alpha to Explain It. New York Times
  • What Does Boredom Do to Us—and for Us? New Yorker
  • When Did Reading Become A Competitive Sport? Elizabeth Day on Substack

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