The Difficulties of Experience in an Entertainment-Centric World

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We live in a world with immediate access to thousands of hours of entertainment. Capitalism has revolutionised the way we both organise and structure our leisure time. So when the free market was unleashed upon the world of television, it fundamentally altered how we consume entertainment. With a plethora of online platforms and streaming services at your disposal all vying for your attention, the obvious question is this: where do you start?

With so many shows receiving rave reviews and friends constantly telling you about “the next best thing,” it is hard not to argue that capitalism has become a self-contradictory system. While supposedly making our lives easier, finding the time to watch all these groundbreaking shows has become the latest bugbear in our technologically obsessed and increasingly busy lives.