<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Commercial drama converts arousal into retention.... > Commercial drama converts arousal into retention. When conflict, humiliation, danger, and outrage keep attention reliably present, the system learns to produce more of them even when the household absorbing the pattern pays the developmental cost. **Source:** [[livestreams/Attention, Entertainment, and the Culture We Bring Into the Home - Workbook|Attention, Entertainment, and the Culture We Bring Into the Home]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Commercial drama converts arousal into retention. When conflict, humiliation, danger, and outrage keep attention reliably present, the system learns to produce more of them even when the household absorbing the pattern pays the developmental cost.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-commercial-drama-converts-pays-developmental-cost ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->