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Originally Posted by markbarbera
From my perspective, TV is no more than a light for the stupidity moth. There was plenty of stupidity out there before TV came around, and not watching TV will not prevent the onset of stupidity. 20 years from now we'll be blaming the internet for stupidity. People believe anything as long as it is posted on the net, just like they believe anything that is broadcast on TV. The fact is a big chunk of humanity is just plain stupid. You can't blame the media source for that.
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Amen.
I think many in this forum will appreciate Clay Shirky's thoughts, specifically about TV and the internet.
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/shir...y08_index.html