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“Emily in Paris” and the Rise of Ambient TV
A problem I’ve run into over the last few years when it comes to television is I don’t always want to think that much when I turn my TV on. I’m an already anxious person living through incredibly stressful times; I don’t need much more weighing on my mind, but I also don’t want to watch whatever reality show people are talking about. I want to get ... See more
GQ • In Praise of Meditative TV
In Filterworld, culture is becoming more ambient. Like Sleepify, it’s designed to be ignored, or, like the Marvel movie franchise, no single moment or fragment of it is particularly significant because there is always more to be consumed. When we embrace ambience, we lose the meaning of the finite and the discrete.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
But there’s more that goes into meditative television. It’s not the same as what The New Yorker dubbed “Ambient TV”; in fact, I find myself highly engaged. It’s so strange and joyful. I’ve found myself trying to look at the world the way he does, just watching tiny things happen and not putting too much thought into it.
GQ • In Praise of Meditative TV
