Why is it important to see yourself on television? Why is television an important subject for scholarly study and how does what we watch shape the world we live in?

Because (most) people like getting attention. Be it for any reason. Fame comes easy these days, and what better source than few seconds of footage focussing on your face!

TV industry as a whole has changed the way we, normal people, think. It can be called as the mirror of society, that too with a feedback loop. We see what we are doing, we become what we do. This is why scholars ranging from social psychologists to online teachers(yes, those are also scholars) try and understand what people watch. They study it because it helps them in getting a hang of the upcoming future. A future which is so fragile that slightest of turns in any technology can alter its course.

Scott asks if you think we’re getting closer to realizing the Vulcan philosophy of IDIC (Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations) here on Earth. What would it take for that to happen? What would it look like? How might things be different.

Oh, we definitely are. It would take compassion and kindness, it’s as simple as that. When people start putting themselves into the shoes of the others, they will become understanding. They will feel love for others and try to spread it among fellow human being.

There’s a saying from Upanishads “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”. The world/Earth is one family. When people realize this, and gain the realization, they will commence an epoch of IDIC.

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Thanks for reading.
LLAP

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