Television is much more complex, brain-challenging and involved than it used to be. It's almost impossible to watch a television show from 15 years ago; it's just too boring. I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.

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I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.

— Alex Tabarrok

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People get used to more complex forms of entertainment, and they become bored by simpler forms. Television has become more complex in order to feed our demand.

— Alex Tabarrok

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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.

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Most television shows are going to require an actor sign up from four to six years, but an anthology show really amounts to five or six months at the most. I thought serious actors might be attracted to that.

— Nic Pizzolatto

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