silent necessity

One of the worst kind of people on the planet are those who believe they are smart; a gift perhaps. Well, the only thing smart about us is the fact that we now have the capability to communicate globally. Forget about the ritualized performances we give each day as we fail to communicate with one another. No, we have transitioned our way into a land that has people who believe everything they see on television. Repeating what is heard on the tube makes no Rachel Ray out of you.
Television is nothing more than a market-place. To gain knowledge from T.V. is the same as gaining knowledge from an infant. Unless those claiming to have knowledge read something; experience something, or witness something that is stunningly spectacular, then their knowledge was gathered by someone who did one or all of these things. Smart people never say they are, they just are. Just as the man who does but does not speak, so too are the one's who remain in silence as a necessity to claim their prize.