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The overload can be dialed back. It requires producers to stop casting assholes as heroes. It requires audiences to stop equating "entertaining" with "despicable." And it requires each of us, in our own private circles, to decide whether we want to be the witty villain or the quiet human who calls for a drink of water instead of a dram of blood.
Look at the podcasting charts. The top ten shows often include:
An unaccountable CEO fires 1,000 workers on a Zoom call. A landlord raises rent by 40% with no repairs. A celebrity’s child commits a hit-and-run with a luxury SUV and walks free.
Moreover, the society's selection process and membership criteria are shrouded in secrecy, leading to speculation about its inner workings and who might be part of its elite membership.
When every show, tweet, and private group chat is saturated with sarcasm, betrayal, and casual cruelty, the brain recalibrates its "normal." Today’s television antihero would be a psychiatric patient in 1995. Conversely, a decent, kind protagonist now reads as "boring" or "unrealistic."
The overload can be dialed back. It requires producers to stop casting assholes as heroes. It requires audiences to stop equating "entertaining" with "despicable." And it requires each of us, in our own private circles, to decide whether we want to be the witty villain or the quiet human who calls for a drink of water instead of a dram of blood.
Look at the podcasting charts. The top ten shows often include:
An unaccountable CEO fires 1,000 workers on a Zoom call. A landlord raises rent by 40% with no repairs. A celebrity’s child commits a hit-and-run with a luxury SUV and walks free.
Moreover, the society's selection process and membership criteria are shrouded in secrecy, leading to speculation about its inner workings and who might be part of its elite membership.
When every show, tweet, and private group chat is saturated with sarcasm, betrayal, and casual cruelty, the brain recalibrates its "normal." Today’s television antihero would be a psychiatric patient in 1995. Conversely, a decent, kind protagonist now reads as "boring" or "unrealistic."
