For the Love and Hate of Television- Max Kaufman

The topic of television and pop culture in general is something that I find quite funny. It is not without a sense of irony that on one hand our society is completely dead set on the importance of education, but to what effect? The Emmys are a perfect litmus test in regards to what really matters in our country. The importance of education in our country seems to be only superficial, just a way to compete with the rest of the world. Instead of a cure for terminal illness or a source of clean energy, our society chooses to focus on what TV show is the best. Don't misinterpret what I'm saying, I value performing arts heavily, what I find disconcerting is the lack of continuity in society. We live in a society that is famous for killing creativity and nurturing science, and yet every year we host a number of grandiose and glitzy awards centered around this creativity, and the one science award that we have is just quietly mentioned on the news and easily forgotten.