Italian polymath Umberto Eco: “I like lists for the same reason other people like football or pedophilia.” (via SPIEGEL)
Television
In Peru, more homes have TVs than have electricity.
The most popular show on TV is House. 82 million people watched it last year.
India’s health and family welfare minister promotes TV as birth control. “by the time the serials are over, they’ll be too tired to have sex and will fall asleep.”
Kids who watch TV out of school are considerably less likely to consume drugs or get pregnent, according to a World Bank survey of young people in the shanty-towns of Fortaleza in Brazil.
