More Blogging + Less TV = Better Living

One thing I have noticed in my brief stint as a blogger is that I watch way less television than I used to. It appears the same satisfaction that television gives someone seems to translate to the act of blogging.

Like TV, blogging does not necessarily take tons of work. Most posts I read are carelessly edited, errors are many (even in mine, which I constantly edit and re-post). It does not take serious, intense thinking -- though it can become that way very quickly (read my effort about Digg.com, for example.

The fuel that is propelling the blogging phenomenon is freedom to express one's true feelings on a given topic, while seeing that someday this type of activity might well be an excellent employment opportunity.

Beyond that, it's almost playing a game like baseball, basketball or softball. There is competition, there are members of a team (like WritingUp.com, for example). And we all know that a team has to pull together both when the going is good and when it's not so good (i.e. site shutdowns). Then, the sharks, like those heathens at Digg.com.

One thing is certain: Anything that can draw people from the death-gaze of television and into a more welcoming and beneficial world -- blogging -- where the long-lost art of conversation can enjoy an international Renaissance, will make us all better off.

Sure, blogging remains a loosely organized, global free-for-all, but as more people log on, more energy and more constructive development of the human condition is bound to follow.

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