Don't be pessimistic.

Trystan 2021-11-13 08:01:24

Watching the full movie, the first feeling is "entertainment to death". The second feeling is that we are all controlled by the media. The third feeling is that MLM is actually a religion, especially when the big boss suddenly becomes a salesman, it is really wonderful. If you think about it again, these are too superficial, and there are things worth thinking about.
I have always been disgusted with pyramid schemes, cults, insurance sellers, stock marketers, political propaganda... etc. After watching this film, I suddenly figured out the root cause of disgust: all these people’s efforts are to make you give up thinking about yourself. , Listen to them. In addition, their motives are purely self-interested, so their dislike of this large group of people or behaviors is even more serious. But motivational issues in life often become the first important cause of conditioned dislike, but it is not.
The most important thing for people is to have their own thoughts and ideas. Any conclusion should be reached after serious and hard thinking. The film is about the so-called "bad channel" of television. In fact, what should attract our attention is the "good channel". Specifically, it can be someone you admire (there are too many examples, changing yourself due to worship, and turning back many years later. Look again, you have become this person, you have become the continuation of his life), a theory you like, a belief you firmly believe (a person needs some spirit to live, but please make sure that these spirits are your own, right It’s meaningful to you, not someone else or an organization) and so on. These are more covert threats, and become your own threats to you. Remember, at all times, you should be yourself, become yourself through your own serious thinking, and live your own real life.
Of course, people must have a basis for making judgments and thinking. These basises are learned by us. This film tells us that the channel we used to learn from was mainly TV. This caused fear and fear of TV as a channel. resentment. The types of channels we have today have greatly increased. This is a testament to the continuous progress of human society. For example, the emergence and popularization of the Internet, although there is still a monopoly of online media... things or voices like this appear from time to time, but they have been greatly improved compared to before. Therefore, we don’t have to be pessimistic. What we need to do is to fully discover new channels in this age where you are, and make full use of existing channels. The most important point: always remember to think with your own brain. , Don’t trust any good or bad channels, be yourself, and truly live your own life for the rest of your life.
Also: As long as a person is alive, he will be affected by the people and things around him. This is both necessary and inevitable. There is no need to fear or escape this universal influence. Don’t be too obsessed with something, whether it’s love, friendship, family, money, reputation or dignity, rights, status, once you’re too obsessed, you will be automatically included in the corresponding script system, and you will no longer be too obsessed. I live as a person. But of course, some people will say that it is in this series of scripting systems that I become the real myself and live a real life. Hehe, in short, I have no objection.

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