I will say one thing in defense of flow-tv: you can be reasonably certain that what you have seen is the same as what every else have seen, so you have somethin

I will say one thing in defense of flow-tv: you can be reasonably certain that what you have seen is the same as what every else have seen, so you have something in common with everybody that you can talk about. In a fractured world where everybody has different truths and things they have seen, TV may be the one factor that ensures everybody at least have access to the same stories, even if they disagree with them. Of course that is the experience before cable tv, not the experience of having 9000 channels, and none of them worth watching.