Assignment 5- Gus Carlson

                Presentation. Presentation is everything when trying to captivate a person. People are captivated by things that interest them, that excite them. In our world today, television does this. It captivates us because it is interesting, and we watch it because it keeps us entertained for a short period of time. We would much rather watch people kill each other to become king in Emmy-winning Game of Thrones than read Angus Deaton's analysis of consumption and welfare in his Nobel-winning writings. Thus, our society embraces the Emmys and television, and those that don't keep up are often "out of the loop." I am like most other people and enjoy watching television and I don't see it as an inane pastime. It can be very enjoyable, but our society as a whole has become a little too much obsessed with it. Our society has come to a place where we very much value entertainment over education, and thus we value the Emmys over the Nobel prizes.