Television

Now a days most families own a television, multiple in fact. Television is an amazing piece of technology that has increased connectivity between all kinds of people. With all new technological advances comes the ability for abuse. Many people might say "oh television rots your brain" but with a little moderation and self control television can be an effective form of communication and entertainment. I feel like this topic is very similar to the phone topic in a previous week. Many people take what their technology does for them for granted. Being able to just flip on the tv and see the weather forecast for the entire country is an incredible luxury. While some people might abuse it and watch tv all day, you don't have to do that to use it effectively.

I used to watch more tv than I do now mainly because I watch shows instantly on netflix or hulu. Now I just dvr all the sports games I want to watch and view them at my leisure. Other than that I might watch Tosh.O or my favorite show of all time, The Daily Show on comedy central. While ads are a huge part of television, if you record the show you can fast forward through the commercials so they aren't a huge deal. The reason the Emmy's are more widely viewed than the nobel prize is that they have a larger audience. Your average joe doesn't have a clue what any of the science achievements of the year are, but they know all the actors in the business. I don't find this to be a huge issue, because the people that care about sciences are gonna know who won the nobel prize.