Quite an interesting paragraph about new medium displacing "better" activities. It reminded me of an English radio program in which they discussed how experts in the 19th century argued that novels were rotting men and women of their strength and vitality.

Another interesting point about trivializing addiction that reminded me was "criteria creep" or something a guest speaker who's an expert on PTSD was talking about when he visited my uni.

Anyways, I'm looking forward in reading your next post.

Yes, change so often seems worse than what the culture is sporting at the change cusp, before the change becomes part of "the world as taken for granted," as my Sociology professor, Peter Berger, used to say.

Truth is, though, when "change" involves pushing people toward more sedentary lives, it does contribute to "rot," of sorts--mostly in the realm of activity, which is needed to keep body and mind maximally functioning. I do worry that kids (and adults, of course) would rather watch sports than play them. The nice thing about the Internet as compared with TV, however, is that people seem to eat LESS when they're on the net and eat MORE when the simply watch TV. So, that's an improvement.

Stuart

Good site, admin.

Good site, admin.

Good site, admin.