Thursday, August 11, 2011
Kvetching about the world's mediocrity
I have been on line literally every day since 1998 in, back then in Yahoo Chat rooms, ICQ, IRC, message boards... and what I notice is that very, VERY few people have long attention spans to dig in and discuss something complex, and very few people have the desire to spend years building a foundation of study, understanding... SUPPOSE, just suppose there were 1000 television stations with documentaries and dialogues with people like Charlie Rose, the Dalai Lama, Pope Benedict, History channels, NOVA... and there were only TEN stations that had Judge Judy and Reality Shows and cartoons and those TEN stations were government funded... BUT TELEVISION is just the reverse, there are 1000 stations with reality shows and Dancing With the Stars and Judge Judy and Dr. Phil, and there are only a small handful of intellectual, educational channels.... WHY... because most people want to relax and waste their time and be entertained... and do you know HOW they distract themselves from their dysfunctional lives.... They tune in to Judge Judy and Dr. Phil where they can WALLOW in OTHER PEOPLE'S dysfunctional lives. So, if there are 500 million people on Facebook, ... how many people do you think are like me and if you want to know what I am like http://williambuell.wordpress.com
http://williambuell.posterous.com
http://www.twitter.com/ReadGreatBooksSo, that's what I am like, and some people really enjoy reading me, and some people literally hate my guts, and the vast majority of people would pass out at the mere thought of reading one entire typed page.
http://williambuell.posterous.com
http://www.twitter.com/ReadGreatBooksSo, that's what I am like, and some people really enjoy reading me, and some people literally hate my guts, and the vast majority of people would pass out at the mere thought of reading one entire typed page.
