Stop apologizing for your streaming habits. Stop feeling guilty about the subscription fatigue. Instead, try this: Once a week, press play on something intentionally obscure. A live set from a club that closed ten years ago. A black-and-white movie with 400 views. A field recording of rain in a city you’ve never visited.

The rise of streaming services has transformed the way we consume entertainment, offering unparalleled access to a vast array of content. From movies and TV shows to music and live events, streaming has become an integral part of our daily lives. In this post, we'll explore the inestimable value of streaming and its impact on the entertainment industry.

There is a recording of my grandmother playing piano in 1945. It was digitized from a reel-to-reel tape by a stranger on the internet and uploaded to a public audio archive. I stream it once a year. What is the market value of hearing a dead woman’s fingers on the keys? There isn't one. And that is precisely the point.

When we call streaming "inestimable," we aren't being poetic. We are being literal. There are three things the analytics dashboard will never capture:

From MasterClass to educational series on YouTube, the ability to stream high-level instruction creates an "inestimable" bridge for self-improvement.