Saved by Keely Adler
“Emily in Paris” and the Rise of Ambient TV
Many streaming television shows are ambient, too, deemphasizing narrative in favor of compelling atmosphere, tacitly leaving room for the viewer to look at their phone while watching without missing too much.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
the degree to which televisual values influence the contemporary mood of jaded weltschmerz, self-mocking materialism, blank indifference, and the delusion that cynicism and naïveté are mutually exclusive?
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
THE FANTASY OF COZY TECH , newyorker
Perhaps the direct opposite of digital brainrot is “cozy tech,” a trend that “suggests that the Internet and artificial intelligence can lead us ever inward,” writes Kyle Chayka. “In the cozy era, our screens and the related accoutrements of digital life fulfill all of our emotional and sensory needs.”
Perhaps the direct opposite of digital brainrot is “cozy tech,” a trend that “suggests that the Internet and artificial intelligence can lead us ever inward,” writes Kyle Chayka. “In the cozy era, our screens and the related accoutrements of digital life fulfill all of our emotional and sensory needs.”