I never knew

Most media, like television, used to be a kind of flow. You’d sit down, you’d turn it on and you’d watch. The reason advertising is completely broken is that the flow doesn’t exist anymore. There’s no prime time. There’s no such thing as must-see TV. Everyone’s composing their own flow. And once you start becoming the composer of your own flow, you can’t go back. You’re like, Why would I have somebody dictate to me what I watch when I’m used to programming for myself?
—Multiscreen Mad Men (via Stowe Boyd)

We have a lot of disused churches, some quite nice, and as the popularity of churchgoing continues to fade we’ll have more. Let’s turn some of them into free hostels for travellers. Yes, free. They would be kept clean and offer a bed, breakfast, wi-fi and a little secure storage for three days to anyone with a foreign passport. Nothing too fancy. But it would be a draw, and people who aren’t paying for hotels would spend money on other things.—Some tourism ideas