Relational

Whole grains don't have the glycemic load that Wonder Bread has. It's very profitable to sell sugar, salt and fat-heavy foods because they elicit cravings. It's very profitable to tell stories with jump-scares and endless cliffhangs, or write sitcoms with rapid-fire punchlines, or sell news stories with never-ending conflict. But all the new movies are sequels; no one can tell a new story today. Or write a new song with substance. Or propose a bill that's designed to address a problem, rather than winning the competition with political rivals. Gutenberg's movable type standardized spelling, and it seems as though Google should've standardized narratives and background knowledge. It looks, though, as though there's a reaction against it, a grabbing for flotsam to stay afloat in the vast, undifferentiated ocean.