Working Theorys

Working Theorys

Franchise Thinking

On the sequel economics of ideas.

Feb 10, 2026
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Last week I read an article in The Atlantic lamenting that film students can’t sit through feature-length films anymore. The culprit, according to the article and fervent online discourse that followed: the attention-span crisis.

The phones have fried their brains, they say. Case closed.

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