Stacking Televisions
In a world that already offers so many prepackaged stories in form of film, TV, videos, books, and magazines, why should we bother to create more? A story about an anthropologist who went to a small village in Africa reveals the answer. A year before the Anthropologist's visit, the village had been given the wonderful gift of electricity. In a whirl, television sets filled every hut. A year later, during his visit, the anthropologist discovered a collection of stacked television sets in an abandoned hut at the edge of the village. The anthropologist was confused, so he inquired of the head-man.
Anthropologist: Why don't you use your television sets?
Head Man: We have a storyteller.
Anthropologist: Maybe so, but the television knows thousands of stories.
Head Man: That's true, but the storyteller knows us.
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