• chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 hours ago

    I don’t know, I have a feeling that television by itself was very damaging to society and Fahrenheit 451 was basically right.

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      4 hours ago

      isnt tv just a different form of passive entertainment, before it were cheap dime store comics and bubble wrappers, before that plays, before that jesters, and before that Grungh with his cool rocks that look things we dont have words for…

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        3 hours ago

        If much of what it displaced was books and conversation, seems like a big step backwards for a variety of reasons. Less depth, less interactivity, more centralized control and utility for propaganda. The general mindsets of older generations probably reflect its influence.