>Things like TV that took entertainment from a group activity to a single person event.

TV was the visual replacement of radios, and both used to bring families together for tv events… I remember lots of instances of that as a child.

It also brought people together at work. Everyone used to watch nearly the same things, and even up to 15 years ago, there’d at least be groups you could find in your office who was watching the same things you did, and could engage in water cooler talk.

Now theres so many shows on streaming networks, and you can watch whenever, so its all fractured.