tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post5732062953268208235..comments2024-03-14T07:32:30.141+09:00Comments on Marketing Japan: TV is 80% Bullsh*t the Other 20% Are Commercials - The Mass Media Dumbing Down of the Populacemike in tokyo rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-85230741523635285852012-03-03T17:55:32.092+09:002012-03-03T17:55:32.092+09:00Well, it must be a coincidence. I doubt that this ...Well, it must be a coincidence. I doubt that this blog has any influence.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-44635918933951793072012-03-03T15:10:05.940+09:002012-03-03T15:10:05.940+09:00I don't know if it's coincidence, or if th...I don't know if it's coincidence, or if this blog has influence, but I thought you'd like to hear this observation of mine.<br /><br />One recent afternoon I turned on a radio and the pop music station lead in was along the lines of, "Music this good should be against the law" or something like that. After that they played around five upbeat songs in a row.<br /><br />I've listened to the station before (not by choice) it was a new station lead, and I can't recall ever hearing more than one upbeat song in a row.<br /><br />Just coincidence, right?<br /><br />- clarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-9319868732775942842012-02-28T11:47:39.689+09:002012-02-28T11:47:39.689+09:00I finally got around to watching the video and rea...I finally got around to watching the video and reading the two links to your articles. Powerful stuff, I liked it.<br /><br />Too bad James Altucher doesn't appear to have read them. It's kind of ironic that on his blog recently he boasts about watching the TV show Shark Tank for eight straight hours with his child.<br />He turned it into a learning/math/ educational experience, combined with thinking quick on your feet (or was that couch?) but still, eight straight hours?<br /><br />Not that I'm any better, I still haven't thrown my digital-less, cable & satellite free TV out yet, but it's off most of the time.<br /><br />I watched Moby Dick the other night and was feeling ok about that until I read your articles. It's not easy giving up TV in a small northern town with nothing much to do except gamble and bar-hop. I guess that's more a reflection of my failure to think up fun things to do, eh?<br />Or is it because I'm regulated close to death and most everything fun to do is outlawed?<br />Footloose.<br /><br />- clarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-88363082507659055422012-02-26T14:27:23.851+09:002012-02-26T14:27:23.851+09:00"The history of reform efforts in American pu...<a href="http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-failure-of-american-public-education/" rel="nofollow">"The history of reform efforts in American public education is replete with half-hearted measures, with almost comical misdiagnoses of education problems, with blame-shifting, and with humbug. Everyone is an expert"</a>.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-53138231368025786352012-02-26T14:24:54.650+09:002012-02-26T14:24:54.650+09:00PS, Ryu, I don't know about the UK, but the hi...PS, Ryu, I don't know about the UK, but the highest ranking person running every state educational system in the USA is NOT a politician but an educator. The results are still evident. Since each education area is run by the education board (run by professional educators) they vie for funds (taxes) against other school districts. This is where the problem lies. The educators themselves are slaves to the money system. The money system established by the government. It is not a problem of who is in charge of the schools, it is a problem of where the money comes from. My son goes to one of the highest rated private schools in all of Asia. It is private. The government has no hand in the money or where it goes. The problem is not whether the educators run the curriculum or not. It's where the money comes from. If the government hand is involved, it will never improve.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-25613476059576335752012-02-26T14:11:00.070+09:002012-02-26T14:11:00.070+09:00Hi Mike,
I'm somewhat ambivalent regarding th...Hi Mike,<br /><br />I'm somewhat ambivalent regarding the internet. Sure, it gives interactivity, but with itself. So much of it seems to be mental masturbation. <br /><br />What is thought without action? The internet? What is action without thought? The US government? How good is either extreme?<br /><br />Maybe I'm getting too Kung-Fu or Yoda like...<br /><br />All the bestMr. Nobodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-18398874088822589462012-02-26T14:10:55.899+09:002012-02-26T14:10:55.899+09:00Ryu, still won't work: "government reache...Ryu, still won't work: "government reaches out to the academic community and they elect the more qualified person for each position." The government person in charge will still reach out to their personal connections and friends. That's politics... Good example is the USA Department of Education... Educators and not politicians run that... They make their reputation inside the system then get appointments.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-84233727859481509822012-02-26T14:04:15.238+09:002012-02-26T14:04:15.238+09:00I'd like to say that TV is 100% bullshit. I th...I'd like to say that TV is 100% bullshit. I think the commercials are worse.<br />As to the video going on about "Government is ruining education!" I'd say both yes and no.<br />The government should provide free education (through taxes, so not technically "free") and that it shouldn't be controlled by politicians because they have no idea what they're talking about. It should be controlled by people who are learned in their fields; scientists, historians, literary professors, etc.<br />You've already posed the question "Who would appoint these people" and like I said before; the government reaches out to the academic community and they elect the more qualified person for each position.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-72680461839207396572012-02-26T13:05:35.702+09:002012-02-26T13:05:35.702+09:00There is one inherent difference between TV and In...There is one inherent difference between TV and Internet (if you use it like we do)... TV is completely passive and you can sit there for 8 hours straight watching it without lifting a finger...mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-39554042769541803622012-02-26T12:19:32.415+09:002012-02-26T12:19:32.415+09:00Hi Mike,
Looking back on my youth, it seems that ...Hi Mike,<br /><br />Looking back on my youth, it seems that the people that were looked at as being the most strange, were those who didn't have a TV. <br /><br />One could be an atheist, socialist, drunkard, neglectful, etc., but both children and adults viewed that family as almost from another planet.<br /><br />The question I have, is the internet worse than TV?Mr. Nobodynoreply@blogger.com