Influencing What Matters; More responsible media?
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I am shocked and sad after the news “Man breaks record for watching TV” made it to the front page of CNN.
I loved the Guiness Book of World Records when I was a kid. It was
interesting stuff. Not anymore. I don’t care if someone has the longest
hair or longest toe nails. How does that matter? There are so many
burning things that need attention in this world and we report about
someone watching TV for 60+ hours continuously? It makes it to the
headline news on CNN and it becomes part of the morning TV show. Give us a break!
Imagine the impact on other people who might want to imitate Suresh and
beat his record. Total waste of time for a ton of people without a
meaningful purpose. I only wish the media were more responsible and not
give such stories so much importance.
May be I am too harsh but it just doesn’t make sense!
But wait Rajesh!, there’s still hope..The real golden apple(opportunity) in all this is the meaningful purpose part..HN isn’t going to change and someone will come up with a model that will mine meaningful purpose to death..
Meaningful purpose–it makes the competition irrelevant and it’s a great reason to get up in the morning..
You should have seen the episode where a guy puts a giant tarantula into his mouth for a few seconds. I think such people (and anyone else who is associated with the Guiness Records) should be thrown into a pit full of venomous snakes just looking for a bite.
And, you’re not being harsh in any sense.