On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 08:20:25PM -0300, Ariannah Armstrong wrote: > Do you own a television? That is even more of a passive activity than > computers. :-)
The contrast between TV and computers cannot be over-emphasized. Computers put you, the user, in control. TV advertising subtly tries to eliminate self-control and make you into a robot-like consumer. TV is absolutely the *worst* kind of experience to which you can subject yourself. -- A new cognitive theory of emotion, http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/aleader

