The lost potential of mankind: 5.2 billion hours lost watching TV ads - every year.

http://singularityhub.com/2012/08/17/clay-shirky-unlocking-mankinds-untapped-potential/

 

If ads generate sales, and a sale is one man's acquisition and another man's income, are all those hours truly lost?

 

Many ads educate and inform. A great example are Republican ads outing Obama on his agenda.

 

actually, we need more tv ads like these:

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KNlAbEmBVP4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6iQ7ZDUutU4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

Haven't watched tv in over a year (16 months actually). Find that when I do watch tv at somebody else's house, I start to get twitchy and want to open some other browser windows, turn on music, etc. But seriously, TV is a waste.