The "Golden Age" of entertainment has hit a strange paradox: we have more to watch than ever, but it often feels like we’re eating from a digital buffet of recyclable content. To understand what makes media "better," we have to look at the tension between algorithmic safety and human messiness. The Comfort of the Familiar
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