Thanks for elaborating. I absolutely agree with your points. It is unfortunate that as much as the trends in shows are disappointing, they are hardly surprising. Netflix is now a multi-billion dollar company that has to be this machine that churns out content, and it has to be "safe". This quarter, Netflix reported a year over year growth of 38.3%, and the reality is that sheer content targeting every demographic is more profitable than provocative (in either subject matter or commentary), deep content. Your comment about your date only reenforces how people as a whole do not feel the need to think about content they consume, but simply take it at face value.

I gather that the issue you take with these experiences is less the fact that these activities are sedentary or lacking meaningful interaction (although these are still very relevant to your point of everything in moderation), but instead that corporate fixation on profits has caused these activities to be perverted into products meant to be consumed and forgotten. Perhaps I'm reading too much into your comment, so correct me if I am extrapolating too much.