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In my experience, there are a lot more than two sliders but the general idea seems right. By choosing the right program, television can help fulfill all sorts
by kd5bjo 7y ago
In my experience, there are a lot more than two sliders but the general idea seems right. By choosing the right program, television can help fulfill all sorts of emotional needs: social, excitement, creativity, escapism, curiosity, etc.
The problem is that it’s effective for such a large range of needs, it promotes the illusion that, if you only found the right thing to watch, it can fix anything. So you end up channel surfing, wondering why you can’t find anything you’re interested in, when what you really need is a stroll outside.
- scotty79 7y ago> television can help fulfill all sorts of emotional needs: social, excitement, creativity, escapism, curiosity, etc. Yes. I totalle agree. I think social was most important for me. The problem with TV is that it fulfills those needs but very inefficiently. It takes a lot of time of lying inert in front of TV to get any significant fulfillment. And the insidious part is that because people are lying down they think they are resting. But that's rarely true. Lying down especially for hours tires you even more. So TV provides you with versatile fulfillment but at very slow rate and at a significant cost that's not easy to notice.