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Deliberating the Viewers vs. Doers concept
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:date: 2011-09-06 10:20
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:author: Russell Ballestrini
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:tags: Opinion
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:slug: deliberating-the-viewers-vs-doers-concept
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:status: published
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:summary:
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America has succumbed to "spectatoritis".
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|Viewers vs Doers Lecture|
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`Brett & Kate McKay <https://artofmanliness.com/2011/08/28/viewers-vs-doers-the-rise-of-spectatoritis/>`_ from artofmanliness.com recently subscribed to an idea that America has succumbed to
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"spectatoritis, a blanket description to cover all kinds of passive
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amusement, an entering into the handiest activity merely to escape
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boredom." -Jay B. Nash, 1938
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The basic concept discussed how people can fall into one of two groups
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when interacting in life, the viewers and the doers. Viewers or
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spectators watch an activity while doers perform the said activity. For
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example:
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**Viewers**
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- Sports Fans
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- Audience
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- Couch Potatoes
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**Doers**
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- Athletes
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- Musicians
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- Actors
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Although the above patterns persists in the physical world, intellectual
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situations operate differently. For instance on the surface reading
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seems like a viewer or spectator task and writing appears to behave like
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a doer task. But what happens when a reader learns or responds to a blog
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post? We seem to need a stronger definition what constitutes doing a
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task.
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We should not regard spectating as bad, however we should try to
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stay lucid of our current rolls when engaging in activities.
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Spectating has some important purposes in our society and culture.
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Viewing a performance grants power to the actor, whether that person
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plays football or plays guitar. For this power and influence to occur a
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viewer must witness and pay attention to the event. What if the next
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great political leader took the podium and no one bothered to view his
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speech?
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The truth is our American society has conditioned us to spend much of
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our lives spectating. During school a good student will view and listen
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to the lecture. While driving to work one radio DJ broadcasts his
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thoughts to many.
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Spectating also plays and integral roll in learning. Human infants learn
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by first watching and then imitating. Experts also agree that
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inspiration for a creative works often occur after observation of prior
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productions.
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**tl;dr** We should not battle the viewers vs the doers because both
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hold importance and need each other.
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If you liked this article, you should follow me `here <https://plus.google.com/101342467879466559261/posts>`_
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.. |Viewers vs Doers Lecture| image:: /uploads/2011/09/lecture-viewers-vs-doers.jpg
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