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> People watch tv for completely different reasons that they read. No argument here. There's a reason the book if reference is called "Amusing Ourselves to Dea
by thundergolfer 7y ago
> People watch tv for completely different reasons that they read.
No argument here. There's a reason the book if reference is called "Amusing Ourselves to Death".
> One big thing about tv is that it can run while you do other boring chores.
True. I want to say that I'm not literally saying we should replace all TV watching with non-fiction book reading. I was making a point.
However, you can also listen to the radio or podcasts or audio-books when doing boring chores. It matters whether those alternatives are better.
> It is closer to human communication then books.
It's impossible for this to be true, given that books are human communication and further that written language is the only domain of communication unique to humans.
- watwut 7y ago> It's impossible for this to be true, given that books are human communication and further that written language is the only domain of communication unique to humans. You was never alone for an extensive period of time with little chance to hear other people talk, didnt you? Uniqueness among animals have nothing to do with anything. > However, you can also listen to the radio or podcasts or audio-books when doing boring chores. It matters whether those alternatives are better. There is zero difference for most podcasts and most for-fun audio books. None at all. And it may be my age, but I find most podcasts to be quite annoying. Some are good, but too much of it has cringy style.