In this way, we can understand why TV stations are so keen on pursuing ratings. Although ratings themselves do not make money, they will bring a steady stream of economic income. Therefore, when the l

In this way, we can understand why TV stations are so keen on pursuing ratings. Although ratings themselves do not make money, they will bring a steady stream of economic income. Therefore, when the lifeblood of the economy becomes commercialized, the commercialization of programs is also inevitable. In order to satisfy the desire for fast food culture brought about by the impetuous psychology of society, TV programs are increasingly developing in terms of jokes and hype. For example, when watching "If You Are the One" and "Happy Camp", we open our mouths and laugh recklessly, but when the show ends, we often hold our sore cheeks and then plunge into the bitter sea of ??life struggle again with an empty mind. It’s understandable if it’s just ordinary people who have a crazy pursuit of entertainment culture. However, when the elite of a society also tend to express their opinions in an entertaining way, I can only use the word crazy to express my inner feelings.

After a certain election failure, the furious Nixon refused to examine himself. Instead, he lost his temper with his makeup artist, insisting that the failure was all due to the makeup artist's deliberate sabotage... As you know, this is the case. The meaning of after-dinner jokes is not much different from gossip. At least, it makes us no longer surprised when we hear the news that any politician will not forget to hire a special "joke" consultant for himself in the heat of the election... "Politics" is evolving into a kind of entertainment—— Although Liu Xiaoqing’s face, Jay Chou’s girlfriend, etc. actually have nothing to do with politics.

But in this age of "entertaining ourselves to death", anything is possible. Remember, this is not just a game of matching words. Our news, sports, education and business have all willingly become appendages of entertainment in the consumer age.

If what I said above still makes you feel doubtful, then let me give you an example that you must be familiar with: the ever-popular TV program "Lecture Forum" that marries academics and celebrities. Of course, it is very good to use television to popularize culture. But once it needs to adapt to the performance of television, it will slowly deviate from our initial goals. Take "Lecture Forum of Hundreds of Scholars" as an example. It really makes us remember Yu Dan and Qian Wenzhong. Their styles may be very different, but one thing is the same, and that is the form of joking: joking about the Three Kingdoms, joking about history, joking about Red Mansions and even Joking about "Disciple Rules". I think everyone should know a lot about the controversy it caused. When academics become "theatre", when scholars and intellectuals in a society also begin to flatter themselves with entertainment, I think I can only express my heartache by quoting a sentence from Confucius: Gou is not Gou, Gou Zai! Gu Zai!

Plato has a very famous cave theory. He said that human beings have been trapped in a cave and can only see the shadows cast on the wall by the firelight, and they stubbornly believe that these shadows are everything. Modern humans are also in a big cave, but these caves are built by powerful media and information networks. Only by owning a modern electronic product can we ensure that we are still alive and that entertainment still exists. In this pitiful sense of dependence, can we still find the original fairy tale in our hearts?