Ellipsis
14 Dec 2008, 01:28 AM
For the last few weeks I have been living without TV. For even longer than that last 6 months or so I have not watched more than an hour consecutively of anything other than payperview. I know many people who would like do this sorta thing but there are some challenges regarding keeping up to date with current events.
TV is good for that sorta thing the news skips details, is biased, etc. but it does give you brief summery of what is going on and how it relates to people in your region. The internet is different because you get to choose what sort of information to consume. The internet is very much like locking yourself in a library full of things extremely interesting/entertaining to yourself but otherwise being blind to the world outside.
Even when you notice a big event like the Russian attacks on Georgia or the Indian attacks you feel less motivated to click the link when you are one click away form reading about Intel's newest processor technology (maybe that is just me). My main question to you guys is are we becoming selectively ignorant? could this manifest itself further in politics?
TV is good for that sorta thing the news skips details, is biased, etc. but it does give you brief summery of what is going on and how it relates to people in your region. The internet is different because you get to choose what sort of information to consume. The internet is very much like locking yourself in a library full of things extremely interesting/entertaining to yourself but otherwise being blind to the world outside.
Even when you notice a big event like the Russian attacks on Georgia or the Indian attacks you feel less motivated to click the link when you are one click away form reading about Intel's newest processor technology (maybe that is just me). My main question to you guys is are we becoming selectively ignorant? could this manifest itself further in politics?