January 10, 2003
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There’s a thought experiment that’s been making the rounds. I first read it in Adbusters magazine, but since then I’ve seen a bunch of references to it.
It’s called the Zen TV Experiment. Sit and watch TV for 30 minutes without turning it on. What, qualitatively, is different between watching a turned-off TV and watching one that’s turned on?
I can answer that question, for I have watched a Tony Robbins ‘Get The Edge’ info-mercial all the way through. The answer is: If it would be a waste of time to watch a blank screen, then it’s a waste of time to watch ‘Get The Edge.’
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Watching The Simpsons is extremely entertaining for me.
Everything else is just soft porn.
I read that article. Since I don’t have cable and no networks seem to reach Ann Arbor without a Really Big Antenna, I practice Zen TV regularly … I got a DVD player for Christmas and it doesn’t work, so I guess I’m fated for Zen TV. Sigh. I kind of miss Tech TV … not to mention all those groovy alien mummy shows on Discovery and TLC.
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