Most of What Passes for Legitimate Entertainment Is Inferior
“Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or
foolish and only caters to or exploits people's weaknesses. Avoid being one of
the mob who indulges in such pastimes. Your life is too short and you have
important things to do. Be discriminating about what images and ideas you
permit into your mind. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images
you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the
highest. It is the easiest thing in the world to slide imperceptibly into
vulgarity. But there's no need for that to happen if you determine not to waste
your time and attention on mindless pap.”
— Epictetus, The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness