Maybe I'm just a stick in the mud but I'm not particularly inspired to follow the current direction and trends of consumer entertainment myself. Before I lean

Maybe I'm just a stick in the mud but I'm not particularly inspired to follow the current direction and trends of consumer entertainment myself. Before I lean into my rant I'll say social networks serve a purpose - I do use them. But in terms of entertainment, I really don't think social networks such as FB, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram are really all that redeeming, entertaining or engaging on any personal level. What do I get out of them? - small hits of dopamine that don't impact me on anything more than an artificial level. So after 2 hours on Facebook, what have I come away with - honestly usually nothing. I'm not going to argue that all movies are better - Hollywood can put out some real bullcrap at times but I think there is a much greater opportunity with movies as a medium to create an engaging story that can educate, move and inspire. A social network feed has never made me laugh to the point of tears, cry to the point of tears or made me think about things completely differently. What makes me sad is that I've realized the general US audience is not so much like me - people will trend towards cheap things that require short attention spans which I think will result in an overall lowering of the number of high quality stories told through films and novels. Sucks for me I suppose.