Yeah, I’m just a dummy who has written 30 books. What do I know.
LOL. Anyone who has to preface a discussion with tossing out their credentials is either insecure or their argument is weak. I liked your usage of “megastructures” but was disappointed that you did not also include the ubiquitous ‘paradigm’.
TV is an intellectual hopper (the water-closet kind) that once delivered thoughtfully crafted discourse, and has devolved into little more than a video shouting match. Lower enthalpy and higher entropy are the nature of things, and TV displays this all to well.
It’s a question of quality vs. quantity. Surely a prolific author such as yourself would recognize that.