I think Gruber is essentially correct about Quibi, except that I think the actual important part of its ridiculous concept is that it’s basically a very logical entertainment conclusion to come to for a culture where people are supposed to be optimizing their very sense of self around their corporate productivity. Quibi is the Jetsonian dinner-in-a-pill of entertainment, and maybe the target demographic for this decided this was just one optimization too far.
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