11个原因告诉你 不要再看电视了！

Life is never going to be like a TV show and this can make people very disillusioned when they compare it with their real life. The messages within television imply on a regular basis that we’re not pretty/smart/funny enough. Our lives can feel quite empty when compared to the perfection of the TV world.
生活永远不会像一档电视节目一样，当人们把电视节目与他们的现实生活做过比较之后，他们的幻想就会破灭。电视里传达的讯息是基于常态之上的，它暗示着我们不够漂亮、不够聪明、不够风趣。跟电视世界里的完美相比，我们会感觉生活过得很空虚。

7. Subliminal Programming and Advertising
隐性暗示和隐性广告

Make no mistake that there is only one reason why television exists, and that is to sell products. Every single part of every single TV program is designed to keep you in front of the TV and prepped to buy the advertised products through traditional advertising or product placements.
毫无疑问，电视的存在只为一个原因，那就是销售产品。每一档电视节目的每一个环节都是为了让你驻留在电视机前，准备通过传统的广告方式或植入式广告让你购买广告中的产品。

Television is designed to make you feel bad so you will buy products that make you feel better. It’s the ultimate in mind control systems. Companies figured out how to get us to voluntarily brainwash ourselves for their benefit.
电视就是为了让你感觉不舒服，所以你就会购买让你感觉良好的产品。这是控制思想系统的最终原则。那些公司想出了如何让我们心甘情愿地为了他们的利益而对自己洗脑。

8. It Degrades Your Self Control and Discipline
它会减弱你的自制和自律

Thanks to the incredible psychological hooks that television uses, it’s very hard to stop watching it. We lose our self control and cannot turn off the television even though we may want to. As this continues, our self control and discipline decrease even further and the harder the battle becomes.
正是由于电视节目利用了难以置信的心理钩子，做到不继续观看是很难的。即使我们可能想要这样做，我们也会失去自制力，从而没能关掉电视。这样持续下去，我们的自制和自律会进一步减弱，这场战役也就变得更加艰难。

9. The Health Effects of Sitting Down
坐着对健康的影响

We now live a more sedentary life than ever before with most people having jobs behind a desk. We compound this problem when we go home and sit down in front of the TV as well, because the electrical activity in our muscles stops when we’re sitting. Research is showing even the most basic movement of walking or moving our bodies in subtle ways can make a big difference to our health.
比起从前，现在的我们坐得更久，因为我们大多数的工作都是坐在办公室的办公桌后完成的。当我们回家了，坐在电视机前，我们又在重复这一生活方式，因为当我们坐着的时候，我们肌肉里的脉冲活动会停止。研究显示，即使是最基本的走路或是轻微地移动我们的身体也能对我们的身体产生很大的影响。

10. We Teach Our Children These Habits
我们教会了我们的孩子这些习惯

Children are now being trained to watch TV and live a sedentary lifestyle. There is a lot of research showing the negative effects on a child’s development due to both inactivity and the influence of television. Your children will imitate your lifestyle. so any choice you make will be echoed in the generations that follow.
孩子们被你训练出接受看电视和久坐不动的生活方式。大量的研究显示，不运动和看电视带来的影响将对孩子的发展产生负面作用。你的孩子会模仿你的生活方式。所以你做的任何一个选择将会被下一代效仿。

11. Is It Really Relaxing?
这真的是放松吗？

My personal argument for watching TV is that it’s easy. You stop working for the day and get to relax and turn off your brain for a while, but the reality is that what is easy for us is hardly ever the best thing.
我个人关于看电视的观点是简单的。你停止工作，寻求放松，让你的大脑清闲一会儿，但现实是对我们来说容易的事几乎没有是最好的。

I also get to relax when I’m out at a kung fu or dance class. I get to relax when I’m hanging out with friends or spending time with my girlfriend. I also get to relax when reading a book, listening to uplifting audio or even watching uplifting videos (like TED talks or educational materials).
当我参加功夫或舞蹈课时我也可以放松。当我与朋友外出或者花时间陪我的女朋友时，我也可以放松。当我阅读书籍，听让人开心的音频文件甚至是看令人振奋的视频（像TED演讲或教育类题材时），我也可以放松。

We get one life to live and it’s up to us to make the most of it. Every hour of the day is an investment that pays off right now and in our future. Invest wisely and your life will actually be filled with truly beautiful people doing amazing things and having great adventures.
我们只活一次，让我们来充分把握它。一天中的每一个小时都是一份投资，它会在现在或是在将来给你回报。明智地投资，那么在你的生活里也会出现帅哥靓女，他们做着令人惊喜的事情，经历着伟大的冒险之旅。