Reality shows? Blame us. So far as I know, we didn't invent them, but we sure made them popular, damnit all. I don't care for them myself, sort of like the trash talk shows. I don't need television to remind me how revolting the human race can be.
Re electroglyph:
Too bad about the model, it was a great start, although doing the astronauts would have been a bear. To throw some trivia into the pot, this sequence was the first shot on the first day of shooting on the film in 1964! About the same time Kubrick (sp?) was shooting at the Pinewood studios in England, half a world away at the Desilu studios in Hollywood, the first pilot for Star Trek was being shot. By the time 2001 was shot, edited and released, the entire Star Trek series was pretty much over. Hmmmm...if Stanley Kubrick had shot Star Trek....