There& #39;s an alien culture that loves our concept of "television", but their understanding of the concept conflates it with "clairvoyance".
"All the world& #39;s a stage."
"All the world& #39;s a stage."
"Galaxy Quest" seems more and more relevant.
The aliens say that if the government/private sector are more forthcoming about surveillance of the population, they& #39;ll be more forthcoming about their surveillance of humanity and manipulation in our affairs.
This culture would be amused if humanity blew our planet up, but then sad that there& #39;s no more TV.
I don& #39;t believe these are 3-dimentional beings, or what we would consider corporeal.