So many people in marketing and the business of selling people things who still have absolutely no idea what people want to see

Maybe like read a book or see a movie once in a while without thinking about how you could monetize it? Re-learn what it is like to enjoy things

Also see: silicon valley types who have not read a fiction book since they were forced to in the high school they dropped out of. (Ender’s Game doesn’t count.)

Hitchhiker’s Guide counts, but not if you only read it when you were 14 and never again. And if you’ve read HHGTTG, you can read Sirens of Titan