"We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age"
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Robbins punctures a comforting myth: that our biggest problem is access. If we were truly in an "information age", better facts would reliably produce better decisions. His line insists the opposite. We are drowning in data, yet behaving as if attention is the scarce currency and emotion is the exchange rate. "Entertainment" here isn't just Netflix; it's the broader logic of packaging everything - news, politics, wellness, even outrage - into content that competes for clicks, shares, and the dopamine hit of being moved.
The intent is motivational but also defensive. Robbins has built an empire inside this ecosystem, selling transformation as an experience: big rooms, big feelings, big narratives. By naming the era an "entertainment age", he both critiques the conditions that distract people and positions his own work as a countermeasure: if the world runs on engagement, then you must learn to direct your engagement deliberately, not passively.
The subtext carries a warning about agency. Information is inert; entertainment is engineered. It selects what gets seen, what feels urgent, and what seems true. In an attention economy, persuasion often beats precision, and charisma can outrun credibility. Robbins is reminding his audience that being informed is no longer enough; you have to be attention-literate.
Contextually, the quote lands in the post-cable, post-social media reality where headlines behave like trailers and public life is scored for reactions. It's a tidy, quotable reframe - itself designed to travel - that exposes the loop we're stuck in: even our critiques of entertainment have to be entertaining to survive.
The intent is motivational but also defensive. Robbins has built an empire inside this ecosystem, selling transformation as an experience: big rooms, big feelings, big narratives. By naming the era an "entertainment age", he both critiques the conditions that distract people and positions his own work as a countermeasure: if the world runs on engagement, then you must learn to direct your engagement deliberately, not passively.
The subtext carries a warning about agency. Information is inert; entertainment is engineered. It selects what gets seen, what feels urgent, and what seems true. In an attention economy, persuasion often beats precision, and charisma can outrun credibility. Robbins is reminding his audience that being informed is no longer enough; you have to be attention-literate.
Contextually, the quote lands in the post-cable, post-social media reality where headlines behave like trailers and public life is scored for reactions. It's a tidy, quotable reframe - itself designed to travel - that exposes the loop we're stuck in: even our critiques of entertainment have to be entertaining to survive.
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