Failure is authentic and because it's authentic it's real and genuine and because of that it's a pure state of being.
There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat...
The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West so was my information...
So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word which I think is still the most important thing.