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the romantic ideal of the atomic family as the pinnacle of society has always been mythical. Not to say that the atomic family is not an optimal solution but the benefits from it are not exclusive to it. That is, the atomic family is not a required social structure to achieve communal and family integrity.
I made no mention of the atomic family.
yet these flickering screens introduce people to knowledge and information previously unimaginable in the bubble we once lived.
Such as?
and the paper and radio media is the same way if not worse before the TV.
Really? So, what was the radio equivalent of today's Real World?
The. Overwleming amount of information allows us to better cross examine the information given to us. Instead of taking someones word for it our youth can Google for answers and determine truth themselves. However, one must learn how to learn correctly or be overwelmed by false information.
I never said having access to voluminous amounts of information was inherently bad, obviously the mass media has its benefits. What I'm concerned with is the voluminous amounts of nonsense and crap that comes with it and the inability or unwillingness of parents to shield their children from it.
I see fictional TV no different than I see fictional books. Both are usually wastes of time. But all work and no play makes jack a dull boy, afterall. Moderation is key.
Yes, and absent a strong familial and communal structure moderation is an impossibility, hence the social fixation on things which are giant wastes of time and mental energy.
Moreover, watching a TV show is not comparable to reading a book.
You think that ignorance and stupidty was less prevalent before the information age?
Not necessarily, but I will say that mental weakness was not as prevalent amongst past generations. I look at these kids and I think about them in WWII and I just laugh...
The problem has never been the books, the radio, TV, internet or drugs. These are merely scapegoats for failures of the parents and guardians.
Well, cripes buddy, that's what I've been trying to say.