Everything Is Television

Nearly every major platform is converging on the TikTok model: short video content from people you probably don’t know or follow curated by an algorithmic timeline. Social media isn’t even really “social” anymore as most users spending the vast majority of time watching random stuff from people they don’t know or even follow—and it’s only becoming more pronounced as the technology powering generative content continues to improve. Here’s a short essay From Derek Thompson expanding on this ongoing trend, appropriately titled Everything Is Television.