The economics of why pop culture is so boring now

0 February 2, 2026 10:30

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Timestamps:
0:00 – introduction
2:25 – media in the 1980s
4:21 – digital revolution
9:25 – globalization
13:55 – conclusion and sponsor

Attribution:
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage.
Stock footage and others clips by Getty

Written by Alejandro Iribas De La Puerta & Joeri Schasfoort
Edited by Natalia Karpacz