Just a short post for this holiday week. When we were children it was the time when we began the intense anticipation of what might be waiting for us under the tree. With that memory in mind let me take a look at what I’d like to see under my “tree” in the way of media.
A return to quality television – Please let the long national nightmare of “reality tv” and competition shows be over. I watch less TV now than at any time in my life. There’s just very little compelling out there these days. “Chrisley Knows Best”? Seriously?
An increase in rationality on the Interwebs – I have a very bad habit of trying to have rational conversations with people on various sites on the Internet. I am astounded how often it turns out to be impossible. I am also one of the world’s leaders in linking to sites like Snopes.com, because I just can not believe what people will post without ever thinking to check. Honest to God, it takes less than a minute to verify something these days. If it invokes a sense of “OMG, can you believe this?!?!?!?” then you should check it out. Because more often than not it’s a hoax. In more general terms, can we at least try to deal with things like the difference between facts and opinion? Can we deal with the idea that while you are indeed entitled to your opinion there is no guarantee that everyone else has to allow that opinion to go unchallenged. If you have no idea why you believe what you believe (other than “Well, I was told”) then you don’t really have an opinion. You’re merely parroting someone else’s opinion.
Of course, trying to change this is not a particularly rational pastime…
Get up and walk away from the screen – None of us need to spend as much time with our eyes locked on various screens as we do. Put them down, walk away, go interact with the world IRL. It’s actually pretty cool out there.
That’s it. Just that would make me happy.
Hope you get what you want this holiday season!
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