This fragmentation has created the "Watercooler Gap." While Squid Game or Stranger Things occasionally breaks through to the mainstream, most popular media now caters to niche audiences. The algorithms have turned us all into curators of our own reality. Consequently, the "monoculture"—the idea that 80% of America watched the same thing last night—is dead. In its place is a thousand micro-cultures, each with its own inside jokes, heroes, and villains.
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