Substance

Substance has many meanings but I particularly enjoy this one: "the actual matter of a thing, as opposed to the appearance or shadow; reality" from dictionary.com. Why substance? In the last couple of weeks the world is inundated with the martial woes of a certain golfer.

It got a little over done when every media outlet led with this story. Okay, the guy messed up, big time, but is it really any of our business? I don't think so but other people do. I think mainstream media believes we want this kind of information 24/7. Would you want your transgressions or errs "mediacized". No. Why do we tune into the nothingness of other peoples lives. Are we turning into a shallow society that gossiping voyeurism is becoming the new news?

This got me thinking of the substance of news and the value we put on it. What is our threshold of information, are we all twittering idiots that we need moment by moment updates? Put yourself in the hot news topic of the day. Unless your thirsty for the nouveau celebrity, which, I am learning is something like the new 30, you would definitely dislike the onslaught of paparazzi into your life. I am absolutely certain a week of full exposure to the world would turn you off. As they creep into your life and start rummaging through your closet to find anything that could be turned into a nightly news story.

Ah, the age of information. It's only my opinion. Have a wonderful day.