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Essay / The Importance of Television in Society - 1310
For example, the idea of sitting and watching television for hours is pretty insane. You won't get any benefit from watching "soap operas" all day, and yet people continue to waste their lives doing it. The idea of using a TV in an emergency or for educational purposes is something I completely agree with and that's what it should be used for. But the rest of the material released throughout the day is just mindless garbage. EB White writes: "It may well be that people, being able to see and hear practically everything, are particularly interested in almost nothing." I think he's right that people don't care about anything, that's why we have shows like reality TV for people to occupy their time. I'm not against the idea of watching TV shows, but there are better things to do than spending countless hours staring at a screen. This is why television could be dangerous because it takes away the value of time spent outside. It might even make going outside boring and boring compared to watching