Entertainment

The attention economy and the cost of distraction

If you're from a poor background, entertainment is your enemy. That shit will keep you poor.

When you watch sports on TV, you are watching other men live out their dreams while you doing nothing for your own dreams.

However little television you watch, watch less.

Broadcast TV is not designed for you; it's designed for advertisers.

Media companies harvest your attention and transform it into revenue.

The goal of media is to make every problem, your problem.

The hallmark of modern society is the theft of attention. Modern society is overcrowded with thieves of attention.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Remove unnecessary distractions and obligations that aren't truly serving your end goals. Technology is your slave, not your master. You're not choosing ignorance, you're choosing to not watch wrestling.

The most valuable real estate in the world is the six inches between your ears - and everyone wants to build there.

Entertainment is the anesthesia that allows you to undergo the operation of life without feeling the pain.

What you pay attention to defines your reality - choose your distractions wisely.

The entertainment industry doesn't sell you pleasure - it sells you relief from boredom, which is far more profitable.

Passive consumption is the enemy of active creation.

Reality shows are to reality what plastic fruit is to nutrition - colorful, appealing, and utterly useless.

The modern circus needs no coliseum - it streams directly into your home 24/7.

Entertainment is the modern opium of the masses - and the dealers have better marketing.

Your attention span is your most valuable asset - don't let them commoditize it.

Every hour spent consuming entertainment is an hour not spent building your legacy.

The entertainment industry thrives on your dissatisfaction - it offers temporary relief while ensuring you never solve the underlying problem.

You are what you consume - and most entertainment is junk food for the mind.

The greatest trick the entertainment industry ever pulled was convincing you that wasting time is self-care.

Your time is the currency of your life - spend it on what matters, not on what's marketed to you.

Entertainment doesn't fill your time - it consumes your life in small, enjoyable increments.

The most dangerous addiction is the one society celebrates - the addiction to being entertained.

True leisure restores you; modern entertainment drains you while pretending to recharge you.

You can't build your dreams while cheering for someone else to build theirs.