What Improved Your Life Today?

     I've kind of been on an animal rights kick for a while, so I think it's about time to switch it up.
     When I woke up this morning, the Marilyn Denis Show was on TV and the theme was "Great Sex for Life". Now, if that doesn't catch your attention, I don't know what will. The show highlighted the importance of making time for sex, being comfortable and communicating with your partner and the animal instinct behind human sexuality. There were at least 200 women in the studio audience soaking up this information and probably millions more watching at home. Every single one of those women, or men, were learning how to improve their sex lives. I'm going to make a brave assumption that at least 75% of these people, after watching this show, either had sex or talked about having sex. And perhaps, with their new-found knowledge, they have become happier because of it.
     The media has a very powerful way of influencing the way people think and live. Hitler used the media extremely well during WWII and successfully created an army of people who agreed with exactly what he wanted them to. This type of power over the minds of citizens can be very scary but it can also be very beneficial to society if it is used correctly. To go back to my first example, hundreds of people are going to have sex today because of Marilyn Denis and they will probably be happier. This will improve the atmosphere of homes, workplaces, coffee shops, etc. And this will, by proxy, make many other people just as happy. Now imagine that Marilyn Denis has a show on composting. She provides facts about the amount of waste that is saved, the gardening benefits and the fantastic impact it has on our environment. 75% of people go home and talk about composting or, if they're feeling daring, they give it a try. Now the waste in landfills is reduced and society becomes better for everyone.
     There is so much access to so much information in our day and age. The media has opened doors for all kinds of change and progress. My friend writes a blog on anarchism and has gotten some criticism for it, but the fact that the people criticizing are thinking and learning is what matters. As long as information is readily available at the fingertips of the population, things will always be growing and changing and I believe that because of this, society will continue to improve day by day.