<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Mass entertainment keeps millions of people... > Mass entertainment keeps millions of people synchronized around the same stories, fears, and desires. Stepping away from it can leave you feeling out of sync with the conversation at the water cooler, but that distance is often the beginning of thinking your own thoughts. Watch deliberately, notice what a program wants you to feel or buy, and keep your guard up the way you would read a food label. **Source:** [[livestreams/Austin Cityscape After-Show — Attention, Identity, and Finding Your Tribe - Workbook|Austin Cityscape After-Show — Attention, Identity, and Finding Your Tribe]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Mass entertainment keeps millions of people synchronized around the same stories, fears, and desires. Stepping away from it can leave you feeling out of sync with the conversation at the water cooler, but that distance is often the beginning of thinking your own thoughts. Watch deliberately, notice what a program wants you to feel or buy, and keep your guard up the way you would read a food label.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-mass-entertainment-keeps-read-food-label ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->