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But it seems to aggressively miss the possibility of: "The kids now use and understand the language of 'television', whereas before only 'television' did. The p
by jrm4 3y ago
But it seems to aggressively miss the possibility of: "The kids now use and understand the language of 'television', whereas before only 'television' did. The power of attention is on balanced more democratized, and even though it seems weird and crass, it may usher in a new way to 'talk about the world.'"
- red-iron-pine 3y agoa needle in a haystack. the motivated and eloquent were going to make those points regardless of if its on the Tok, Youtube, or radio. democratizing it means that for every erudite point there will be 100 others. half of them will be q-anon or shitposts about kanye west's wife's new outfit
- jrm4 3y agoI don't disagree, and yet I still think that might be better than what we could have -- or had -- without it. I get a clue from cable and over the air TV? A million cop shows, stupid reality tv, the occasional good public tv thing. Ratio seems similar.