He is making a point that we are an image based culture. That we are more into what we see than what is really there. A lot of people have been told their whole lives to, “look for the best in every situation.” Which is a good thing to live by, to a certain extent. Sometimes people, myself included look too closely into what is good and ignore the bad or the reality of the situation. He states in the passage that “The narrative is irrelevant”, because we ignore reality if it isn’t what we want to see. The politicians and people we watch, create a false representation of themselves to show, and it’s what we want to see. Society wants a pretty version of reality and if there isn’t one, then we make one for
He is making a point that we are an image based culture. That we are more into what we see than what is really there. A lot of people have been told their whole lives to, “look for the best in every situation.” Which is a good thing to live by, to a certain extent. Sometimes people, myself included look too closely into what is good and ignore the bad or the reality of the situation. He states in the passage that “The narrative is irrelevant”, because we ignore reality if it isn’t what we want to see. The politicians and people we watch, create a false representation of themselves to show, and it’s what we want to see. Society wants a pretty version of reality and if there isn’t one, then we make one for