I had always thought barbarians and overinflated bureaucracies combined with poor management stalled the Roman Empire; the only current analog to this is AT&T with Lucent quick behind. Be that as it may, I had always wondered at people who love to watch movies for the entertainment value. Being a rather restless person myself (with lazy friends) I would much rather be occupying my mind with something interactive than with the passive appreciation of motion pictures. With that in mind, how much worse off could a generation of kids, with video-game babysitters, be than their parents who were themselves weaned on TV?
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I had always thought barbarians and overinflated bureaucracies combined with poor management stalled the Roman Empire; the only current analog to this is AT&T with Lucent quick behind. Be that as it may, I had always wondered at people who love to watch movies for the entertainment value. Being a rather restless person myself (with lazy friends) I would much rather be occupying my mind with something interactive than with the passive appreciation of motion pictures. With that in mind, how much worse off could a generation of kids, with video-game babysitters, be than their parents who were themselves weaned on TV?