Do you enjoy watching the "Pera or Bayong" part of an afternoon show, WoWoWee (if I remember correctly)? How about "Deal or No Deal"? What does these two have in common?
To give you an idea, "pera or bayong" is pretty much like "deal or no deal" wherein you can win a mystery amount or a known amount which increases or falls as your chances increases or decreases accordingly. I can't help to admire the ingeniously designed concept but I don't like the manipulating of a person's principles. They use the concept of greed to manipulate, or at the least heavily influence, the person's decisions through money. Money corrupts. Even the greatest of men throw away their principles for money. Greed feeds the capitalist. In this case, greed creates suspense.
What if not just take the money and walk away? I'll do that.. it's because, at the end of the day, these people walk away, thinking of what they missed out on.. instead on what they have. I saw this woman on the "Pera or Bayong" show where she stood by her choice (bayong) until the money reached a whopping 200k.. and then she took the money.. only to find out that she had a 1 (completing a 1M) under that last box. She looked disappointed. I wonder why? It's because she thought she lost something very big but if you think about it.. not everyone gets the chance in receiving 200k Php for free. She's looking at the empty part of the glass that she missed out. If that was me, I'd walk away happy. I just got the money to establish my shop.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Greed feeds
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Well, it differs from person to person. One generation ago, socialism and radical thinking was frowned upon (and in the case of communism, demonized), in favor of capitalism. Capitalism promotes the "the glass is half empty" idea, whereas socialism does the opposite[, promotes the "the glass is half full" idea].
With capitalism spreading, new people are being introduced to it, and they question the system. Doubt arises, which spreads back to the capitalistic states in the West, but capitalism still has a foothold too strong here. Net sum? Capitalism is spreading/growing (though so is unrest). And with all these new markets, new peolpe are being corrupted by these ideals. Which results in shows like 'Deal or No Deal' and 'Pera or Bayong' gaining popularity.
But with all these people in the West questioning capitalistic ideals, perhaps we'll experience a wave of socialism spreading from France (which has been the origin of countless revolutions) to the other Western countries, and perhaps the world thereafter? Or maybe environmentalism will spread instead?
Gah, I'm rambling again. I better stop before I get too agitated ^_^
Nonetheless, well said. I see the glass as half full. I wish everyone did, but as it turns out, most people don't
OH! STOP IT! No more rambling. In response to this article/post/whatever ^_^
-Bottle ^_^
I do have a question, though... You use pesos in the Phillipines, right?
No, wait, I'll just wiki. (I wish I could edit these posts of mine).
yes, we do. Philippine Pesos.
I think it's just 5-6 Pesos to 1 Norwegian Kroner nowadays.. =P
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