And the younger you are, the more entertainment counts, the study shows.
Entertainment is more important than accuracy for 10% of Boomers; 20% of Gen Xer's; 35% of Millennials.
Entertainment is more important than accuracy for 10% of Boomers; 20% of Gen Xer's; 35% of Millennials.
In his new collection of essays, Notes on the Death of Culture, Nobel Prize winning novelist Mario Vargas Llosa laments the fact we've become puppets of “emotions and sensations triggered by an unusual and at times very brilliant bombardment of images that capture our attention, though they dull our sensibilities and intelligence due to their primary and transitory nature."
Our addiction to spectacle shows its worst side in politics, today a “mediocre and grubby activity that puts off the most honest and capable people and instead mainly recruits nonentities and rogues," he says.
Instead of leaders, we settle for clowns, ready to do anything to grab a moment of our attention.
Our addiction to spectacle shows its worst side in politics, today a “mediocre and grubby activity that puts off the most honest and capable people and instead mainly recruits nonentities and rogues," he says.
Instead of leaders, we settle for clowns, ready to do anything to grab a moment of our attention.
