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Bill O'Reilly on Real Time November 5 2010
Bill Maher had Bill O'Reilly on his show. O'Reilly said a couple of completely misleading things that really bother me. The first problem was when Bill Maher was asking O'Reilly about Sean Hannity reading incorrect information about Obama's trip to India (something about the trip costing $200 million). O'Reilly's defense was that like him, Hannitty is an opinion guy and not a hard-news person.
Being a spectator versus being a participant
Since the advent of TV, people in the western world have been increasingly taught to be spectators. Being a spectator is a very old activity of course. TV just made it seem like being a spectator is the default way to experience the world. “Don’t experience it yourself, but watch others experience it.” This has encouraged many negative behaviors in our modern society. A sedentary lifestyle
Slow Down
As technology has increased, become cheaper and ever-present, the speed of life has increased significantly. 200 years ago, New York to San Francisco would have taken months with a strong possibility of dying. Now it's a 6 hour plane flight, affordable to most people that aren't living in poverty. The observation has been made many times now that although things can be done much quicker, it