...People complain about the pervasiveness of social media; I complain about the pervasiveness of television. If western civilization as we know it is coming to an end - and I hope it isn't - I cite TV as the beginning of the end. It's Big Brother, it's 1984, it's all those things....
-S-
...and Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, Logan's Run...Lord of the Flies?
It's a strange world some of us live in now. I'm glad we have the tech. I can find places like this with shared knowledge, but it's a two-edged sword. Tech can become a crutch. Exhibit A; is most sedentary people with modern amenities in our modern cultures. They. drive. everywhere...and destroying their health.
The past two years of COVID makes be better understand why the Amish are the way they are. They just sort of grunted at the rest of the world and went back to work after a short hiatus. I was floored when I found out some of them use electricity,...but not grid power. Instead solar panels and other alternative tech. It's about preserving their culture. I can respect that.
Since about mid-2000's sportsball lost interest. Too much money, too many mental juveniles, too much time lost where I could be making something or learning a new skill. I watch more documentaries and instructional videos online than I do TV. I can only watch so many Clint Eastwood/Bogart/McQueen/etc. movies again and again, and the TV show "Lost" has permanently ruined TV in general for me. On the upside I save about $2k a year on cable bills alone when I hear what some of my friends pay. More money for kettlebells and camping/hunting!
Now I'm focused on trying to not lose that knowledge I learned from my grandparent's generation who grew up during the depression/war era, and instill that in my five kids. In some ways perhaps I'm living in the past, but I hope instead I'm adapting with time and taking the best of previous culture into the next generation.