"Television hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere--E.B. White
should be sensed everywhere. If everyone is going to be able to see
everything, in the long run all sights may lose whatever rarity value they
once possessed, and it may well turn out that people, being able to see and hear
practically everything, will be specially interested in almost nothing."
White had the right stuff to say about TV. There is nothing in this world that cannot be seen through television, especially channels like the Discovery channel and other exploratory shows. However much footage a camera can obtain, it can never compare to how much better the human eye is. The camera can show only so much of life's beauty or sorrow. The eyes are what can tell whether something is gorgeous or sad.
The more TV that is watched, the more people's interest change. Once people have already seen their interests on the boob tube, they'll change to something they haven't seen yet. People really have become scattered in their interests because of TV. It's a sad thing. Television shouldn't be our way of seeing the world, nor should it be our interest changer. Only what is seen in real life should count, and that should be our changing factor.
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