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One of the most striking points in Sidney Poitier’s, “The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography,” was his measurement of time, which could have been a book in itself, as he asked himself what is he doing with his time, after a futile search to find something of value to watch, led to him throwing his TV remote across the room.
At the time Measure of
a Man, was published, streaming services that are now available weren’t. Cell phones, providing entertainment at our
fingertips with a wide option of entertainment apps were yet to exist, and all
that we now have access to, is still a matter of what to select to stimulate
our minds.
Next to measuring our
qualities, values and character as human beings, time is just as valuable,
particularly in regards to the audio-visual content that we choose to consume,
which we should carefully question if we have not.
Is there any edification in
it, and if so, is it sufficient to outweigh the excessive negative content to
successfully deliver the moral?