经济学人1843 || 为什么现在的电视节目越来越长?
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HOW WE LIVE NOW
我们如今的生活方式
英文部分选自经济学人《1843》
HOW WE LIVE NOW
我们如今的生活方式
Never-ending story: why do today’s TV shows go on and on?
故事冗长:为什么现在的电视节目越来越长?
Brevity is blessed, even in a pandemic
即使在疫情期间,简洁也是福
In one of his odes the Roman poet Horace declared that “the short span of life forbids us from undertaking long hopes.” Unfortunately, people don’t read the classics much these days. And though the span of life is a little longer for most of us now than it was in Roman times, the entertainment industry seems determined to stuff our additional life years with long films, interminable Netflix series and endless podcasts.
古罗马诗人贺拉斯(Horace)在一首颂歌里写到,“生命短暂,要及时行乐”。遗憾的是,如今人们很少阅读经典。现在大多数人比古罗马时期的人寿命虽然稍长一些,但娱乐业似乎决心要让人们把多出的时间都花在冗长的电影、奈飞连续剧和播客节目上。