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Unplugging: Detach Yourself from the Matrix — 5 Comments

    • OK, so you just need to remove Sex in the City… 😉

      P.S. Was pretty sure you’d be a TED fan, just wasn’t sure about all of you…

      EdX is also pretty good for education but (in case that’s what you were alluding to earlier) far more time consuming, often being actual lectures (more often an hour or so at a time) which is why I far prefer TED.

  1. Hi,

    I watch too much TV!

    I am trying to study various technical courses and TV robs me of time. I am trying very hard to limit my viewing, but it is very
    hard because we tend to watch specific shows as a family (The crown, Game of Thrones, sex in the city).
    I wonder if you can deduce anything from the fact we watch these shows?

    Last week I watch gogglebox, this included kids reaction to the conclusion of Toy Story 3, my family especially the
    youngest (15yr) found it very emotional, toy story did a great job manipulating our emotions.

    When I was young we had a children’s program called “Why Don’t You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go Out and Do Something Less Boring Instead”. And this was when we had 3 channels (really 2.5, BBC 2 had trade test transmission
    most of the day).

    • lol – I used to watch Why Don’t You as well and reading your comment instantly had the theme tune playing in my head. Has to be one of the best TV theme tunes of all time.

      Quite ironic that we sat there watching it though…

      Difficult when there is family involved – at least then there is some kind of family bonding going on, even if you are all glued to the set. We also value time watching TV with our kids but they don’t actually want to watch much TV at all so because it is very limited (less than 1 show per day, probably more like 1 show every few days), it becomes more quality time and less like we are slaves to the box. Plus, the more we limit what we watch the more we enjoy what we do watch and the more selective we are about it.

      TED is the answer.

    • Given that your kids are super-clever, you could try what we did with TED once. There is a TED channel. The shows are anything from a few mins to about 15 mins long. Take turns one evening picking one TED show each to watch and you all have to watch them together. Because the topics range quite a lot and the shows are very short, it can be very interesting, everyone gets to learn something new (also about each other & each other’s tastes) and everyone gets to watch something that they themselves chose and are interested in.

      Just a thought – we did those a few times & enjoyed it, maybe we were lucky with the shows that came up but there is some really interesting stuff on there (e.g. on AI which I know you’re interested in).

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