Entertaiment is a very broad term that can mean anything from playing games, watching movies to attending concerts. It’s also an activity that stimulates the brain to realease seratonin, dopamine and other chemicals that give a good feeling. Many of the themes found in entertainment hit on points that we were evolved to deeply respond to, such as backstabbing, murders and social manipulation.

The word comes from the Medieval Latin intertenere, from the prefix inter meaning “inside” and the suffix tenere, derived from the Indo-European root ten, meaning “stretch.” Entertaining activities vary in scale, from private entertainment for an individual to a banquet adapted for two; from performances intended for thousands to a global audience.