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Our use of screens is peculiar.
It's peculiar to our particular level of mental development and our particular level of technology.
And also peculiar in the sense of a bit weird- and I think that's how our descendants will see it.
They may even think of this present period- which began round 1900 with the invention of cinema- as The Age of Screens.
Screens aren't bad in themselves, they inform and entertain and they bring people together, but also they divorce us from the here and now. I think our use of them is excessive.
Can I reduce my use of them?
Well, dammit, of course I can!
It's peculiar to our particular level of mental development and our particular level of technology.
And also peculiar in the sense of a bit weird- and I think that's how our descendants will see it.
They may even think of this present period- which began round 1900 with the invention of cinema- as The Age of Screens.
Screens aren't bad in themselves, they inform and entertain and they bring people together, but also they divorce us from the here and now. I think our use of them is excessive.
Can I reduce my use of them?
Well, dammit, of course I can!
