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KYLYKaHYT (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It is "subcortical" (as in cortex) fight-or-flight areas, not "subcordical.
If you want your video to appear credible, please, at least spell things correctly.
povang (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
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RIPdixiecarter (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I used to watch Television, then I took an arrow to the knee.
dharmashooter (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@powergirl901 My argument is not between various technologies but against technology as a whole. But to take that stance in today's world is tantamount to heresy, People will get mighty angry and rationalise justify it. People may switch off the TV saying 'Big Brother is not getting inside MY head' but when you go on the internet you're now inside Big Brother's head! Don't you see the problem? Everything you do on the internet can be tracked and traced.
powergirl901 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@beakerlabassistant This almost reads like I posted it myself. I remember reading his book in 1984 and scaring some 11 year old kid next to me at the library, who worried aloud, "is somebody going to eliminate television?" It's amazing he knew what "eliminate" means, but nevertheless...
powergirl901 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@dharmashooter I'm just worried about addiction to devices. If I use Internet sources that are not ad supported, then I doubt the Web is as bad as TV. Reading my mail is hardly the same as watching four straight hours of programming and commercials. Also many apps on the Internet are truly interactive, which TV never could be. But don't worry about my exposure to French intellectuals: I still have Situationists texts to comb through.
dharmashooter (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
All those who're so proud they don't watch TV have simply switched gears and moved to the internet. Technology doesn't disappear, it just gets replaced with another. Read 'The Technological Society' by Jacques Ellul.
velveteyes79 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@Shrunkenhead61 indeed, i agree the net is worse.......a sea of bullshit, but like tv......you do find a few truly beautiful things if you swim through it
Greyswyndir (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I believe television was and is the most insidious device ever invented. It has elevated the art of propaganda to heights never thought possible. It is the most successful mass mind control device ever devised and can be found in almost every home in the industrialized world. People trust what they see and hear on the television. Television "programming" isn't what you thought it was, they aren't programming shows they are programming you! |
