Kill your television

I am beginning to think that television is bad and we all need to get rid of them.

Big statement for someone who used to really, really, really, REALLY want to work in this industry. But after being a part of THIS, and doing more and more research about it… well, I think it is time to throw away the remote.

A list of reasons:
1.) It restricts the use of your sense, with the exception of the eyes and ears.
2.) And with sight… it is limited. It doesn’t provide a vista. There are always close-ups, it chops off perspective… peripheral vision is gone, you are not choosing what to look at like you would in life.
3.) And with sound…. only one sound can happen at a time. I just counted SIX distinct sounds sitting in my office.

Life is not singular… one sight, one sound. All of this contributes to a muffled, shrunken world.

4.) I could write for days and days about the advertising… starting with THIS. But, in short, when you watch a program you like, you see ads of products you would want to buy. EVERYTHING about television is geared towards YOU and only YOU. No wonder we don’t care about our communities, we have no idea what is going on besides ourselves.

5.) And then lastly, television does stuff like THIS. If you don’t support this, then why would you support the cause of this.

I could write more, and I may write more… but for the time being…. just start to think about the fact: is it really worth it?