We have more entertainment than oxygen, but less cultural staying power .

The "content glut" has a hidden cost. Because shows are designed to be binged, not anticipated, they rarely linger. Remember the Game of Thrones cultural grip? That took nine years to build. Today, a show like Baby Reindeer or The Bear explodes for three weeks, dominates every think-piece, and then vanishes into the algorithm’s graveyard.

Watch what you love. Turn it off when it stops serving you. And for goodness sake, go outside and talk to a human about the finale—without tweeting about it first.