According to a man by the name of E.B. White: "Television hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere should be sensed everywhere. If everyone is going to be able to see everything, in the long run all sights may lose whatever rarity value they once possessed, and it may well turn out that people, being able to see and hear practically everything, will be specially interested in almost nothing."
I especially like the last sentence. As I grow older I seem to find fewer and fewer people that are willing to go out and do fun stuff like backpacking, canoeing, and mountain climbing. Perhaps it’s since they’ve seen it all already on TV. For them it’s more interesting to sit on the couch and “experience” the thrills portrayed by a $15,000 plank on their wall. After all, they don’t have to put forth any pains to see something spectacular.
Come on! Where’s the sense of adventure that drove man to Everest, Antarctica, the moon, and beyond?! As CGI succeeds in transforming fantasy into reality before an audience’s eyes, the desire to explore the uttermost reaches of the globe and the mind is being lost. Spectacular reality is willingly being traded for fantastic nonsense.
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