Fascinating. This draws the focus usefully back from debates about content (kids these days, just LOOK at what they are into!), which also have an opportunity cost. I just spent a rare (almost never) weekend binge-watching (the huge addictive series LOST) from the couch while fighting a cold. It was weird, my own little pandemic lockdown. Pledges to do 5 IRL pushups and situps between episodes went by the wayside!
Ever read “In The Context of No Context” by George W. S. Trow? It’s my personal favorite essay against TV. It’s got a lot more spunk than even Neil Postman, but it’s as esoteric as MacLuhan!
Fascinating. This draws the focus usefully back from debates about content (kids these days, just LOOK at what they are into!), which also have an opportunity cost. I just spent a rare (almost never) weekend binge-watching (the huge addictive series LOST) from the couch while fighting a cold. It was weird, my own little pandemic lockdown. Pledges to do 5 IRL pushups and situps between episodes went by the wayside!
Ever read “In The Context of No Context” by George W. S. Trow? It’s my personal favorite essay against TV. It’s got a lot more spunk than even Neil Postman, but it’s as esoteric as MacLuhan!
I haven't heard of it! Thanks for the recommendation. I'm on it.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1980/11/17/within-the-context-of-no-context i got the title wrong but the vibes right haha