It’s not just movie theatres, it’s just what makes in noticeable. The sub-minute endorphin loops that the attention economy has created have created a subclass

It’s not just movie theatres, it’s just what makes in noticeable. The sub-minute endorphin loops that the attention economy has created have created a subclass of dependent people that are incapable of feeling well without constant interaction with their devices. It’s addiction in its most classical presentation. We have effectively removed a huge slice of the population from the pool of potentially productive thought in favor of candy crush and ads. Unfortunately, those people, though they now contribute less than they otherwise would to a functioning society, still consume the same (or even more) resources. This is one of the many externalised costs of the attention economy and we are all poorer for it. We should consider the option to liquidate companies that derive their profits from the erosion of cultural resources and at the cost public well being. The health, societal, and socioeconomic implications of tight endorphin loops are well known, yet we continue to tolerate the pushers, saying it’s the parents or the individuals responsibility (it is, but still, should we tolerate companies that seek to do harm to people for profit?)