on hate-watching

... hate-watching is now part of the cultural conversation and arguably contemporary life. Chalk it up to morbid curiosity: We start watching a show because it looks appealing, but we keep watching because we want to complain about it at happy hour. It’s fun to be the person who describes a particularly terrible story arc or performance to our friends’ disbelief. Besides, it’s better than whatever is on the news. --I ❤️ a Hate-Watch. Don’t You?

неплохое эссе, еще и познавательное: целый список кандидатов на hate-watching. и фраза про новости удачная. еще там хороший термин doomscrolling

Tech companies recognize an unfortunate truth: incentivizing our worst impulses is far more lucrative than harnessing our best ones. In this context-free void, an eyeball is an eyeball, whether the brain behind it is being flooded with dopamine or adrenaline. A click is a click, whether you’re glad or mad.

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It is also the kind of behavior, like doomscrolling and replying to trolls, that feeds our less charitable instincts. The more we do it, the more it becomes a habit, a negative approach to the world. We start to expect to be mad, even crave the feeling, and that cynicism spills over into more than just our TV diet.

ну и ударный финал: To borrow a sentiment, the opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. от себя добавлю: хоть я и hate-read NYT, иногда в ней встречаются достойные вещи, как это эссе.