Derek Thompson

And so they don't want to leave risk or to chance any, you know, any flub that would make you say, nope, that note was flat, so I'm not supporting that group. So... Yeah, that's kind of where we are now in entertainment.

And so they don't want to leave risk or to chance any, you know, any flub that would make you say, nope, that note was flat, so I'm not supporting that group. So... Yeah, that's kind of where we are now in entertainment.

Exactly. So pretty much it's just part of the course. It's always been that way. But when I go to SNL... Yeah, I'm entertained by what I see, but I'm not sitting in the audience just to watch Saturday Night Live. Like, for me, the best part of the show is what happens in the commercials.

Exactly. So pretty much it's just part of the course. It's always been that way. But when I go to SNL... Yeah, I'm entertained by what I see, but I'm not sitting in the audience just to watch Saturday Night Live. Like, for me, the best part of the show is what happens in the commercials.

Exactly. So pretty much it's just part of the course. It's always been that way. But when I go to SNL... Yeah, I'm entertained by what I see, but I'm not sitting in the audience just to watch Saturday Night Live. Like, for me, the best part of the show is what happens in the commercials.

Like, watching the Teamster guys and the crew guys, like, at furious pace in two minutes, like, build an entire set while, you know, they're quick. The artists are quick changing in the back and, well, they make it in two minutes flat and... To me, that's the best part of the show, like watching the choreography of a well-oiled machine.

Like, watching the Teamster guys and the crew guys, like, at furious pace in two minutes, like, build an entire set while, you know, they're quick. The artists are quick changing in the back and, well, they make it in two minutes flat and... To me, that's the best part of the show, like watching the choreography of a well-oiled machine.

Like, watching the Teamster guys and the crew guys, like, at furious pace in two minutes, like, build an entire set while, you know, they're quick. The artists are quick changing in the back and, well, they make it in two minutes flat and... To me, that's the best part of the show, like watching the choreography of a well-oiled machine.

It's really wonderful to be here, and I'm excited to talk to you as well.

It's really wonderful to be here, and I'm excited to talk to you as well.

It's really wonderful to be here, and I'm excited to talk to you as well.

This is a story that seems to go back at least 60 years. There was a very famous book written in 2000 called Bowling Alone by the sociologist Robert Putnam.

This is a story that seems to go back at least 60 years. There was a very famous book written in 2000 called Bowling Alone by the sociologist Robert Putnam.

This is a story that seems to go back at least 60 years. There was a very famous book written in 2000 called Bowling Alone by the sociologist Robert Putnam.

And Putnam traced the entire 20th century and showed that in the first half of the 20th century, people were significantly more social, more likely to join unions and clubs and associations, more likely to get married, more likely to have children. Just about every measure of sociality was rising as if on a single wave for the first 50 or 60 years of the 1900s.

And Putnam traced the entire 20th century and showed that in the first half of the 20th century, people were significantly more social, more likely to join unions and clubs and associations, more likely to get married, more likely to have children. Just about every measure of sociality was rising as if on a single wave for the first 50 or 60 years of the 1900s.

And Putnam traced the entire 20th century and showed that in the first half of the 20th century, people were significantly more social, more likely to join unions and clubs and associations, more likely to get married, more likely to have children. Just about every measure of sociality was rising as if on a single wave for the first 50 or 60 years of the 1900s.

And then in the second half of the 20th century, something changed, and people became less likely to marry, less likely to have children, less likely to join associations, less likely to spend time with people, really less likely to do just about everything.

And then in the second half of the 20th century, something changed, and people became less likely to marry, less likely to have children, less likely to join associations, less likely to spend time with people, really less likely to do just about everything.

And then in the second half of the 20th century, something changed, and people became less likely to marry, less likely to have children, less likely to join associations, less likely to spend time with people, really less likely to do just about everything.