All the people who like good movies stopped going to see movies because they know they aren't good. Related: http://lesswrong.com/lw/lr/evaporative_cooling_of_

All the people who like good movies stopped going to see movies because they know they aren't good. Related: http://lesswrong.com/lw/lr/evaporative_cooling_of_group_beliefs/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/lr/evaporative_cooling_of_group_beli... A cult gets more extremist over time because moderates will leave. Then the definition of 'moderate' changes relative to who is still there, and the cult slides into an ever-more-narrow circle of ever-more-extreme followers. It's a feedback loop. Except in case of movies, it is a feedback loop that promotes maximum reliability and profits. It doesn't promote "good movies" or "what the audience wants" in any way: it promotes what the _remaining_ audience is unwilling to sacrifice.