posted 11 years ago
I see a distinction. Television is passive consumption of a mix of comedy/drama/news/sports and mostly advertising, with the goal of the television network for you to spend as much time passively consuming the professionally-produced shows as possible. YouTube is a medium that anyone may post video/audio content with or without ads for edification or entertainment. Indeed there are full courses taught on YouTube as well as interviews and workshops from important contributors to nearly any field.
It is possible to use YouTube in the same way that most "Joe Six-packs" idle away hours of time in front of television, but I'd say that is the exception rather than the rule.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."