October 8, 2012
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Boredom is our pain
We live in a culture of entertainment – movies, video games, Netflix. It is very easy to overdo. So what are the good reasons to let ourselves be entertained?
1. Empathy.
When you watch a movie you are not only entertained, you are forced to think about someone else’s experience. Through movies we better understand war, drug trafficking, the other gender’s perspective on romance, etc.
2. To spend time with others.
Playing video games for guys can be an unhealthy fantasy-based addiction, or a way of doing relationship.
3. To use for analogies.
Having a common culture with strangers is a good thing. It helps you get to know them if there is something you have both already been a part of. And the idea of using analogies also means that your mental terrain was expanded, that you became capable of more expression by the entertainment you imbibed.
4. Recovery.
Sometimes we can simply be up to no greater task.
Each of these reasons has its limits, but they each have something to say as well. And now we can think in the case that none of these reasons really seem to apply, maybe there is something else I should be doing with my time.
Comments (1)
botrgom can often be a luxury