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There is a little bit of irony in this. > Yglesias, turn off the TV! Write more books instead! Heck, write more tweets, if you prefer! If all the "great minds
by yoz-y 6y ago
There is a little bit of irony in this.
> Yglesias, turn off the TV! Write more books instead! Heck, write more tweets, if you prefer!
If all the "great minds" stopped watching tv (and by extension reading tweets, reading books, listening to shows...) who would be left to enjoy their work?
We will eventually end up in a state where there will be no longer possible to have a cultural homogeneity as we have today (e.g.: a very sizeable population has seen game of thrones and can discuss it). This approach would bring that moment closer.
- xamuel 6y agoYou can already see this in academia, where there are sometimes more people trying to write papers than there are people actually reading said papers
- tangjurine 6y agoThere's a little irony, but I feel like the Netflix Originals aren't really written, but carefully designed to appeal to the masses. They always felt a bit artificial to me. I think the article is saying to spend time reading things that give rise to creative ideas rather than things that are just a time suck, i.e. Netflix.
- giantg2 6y agoInteresting. I tend to cross information from various shows to form new ideas.