Quote Originally Posted by stormcrow View Post
But do you agree or disagree that technology is somewhat responsible for our addiction to entertainment?
People likely have always been addicted to trivial entertainment, but I will admit that technology has made it easier for those people to be addicted to said entertainment. 500 years ago, everyone in Europe was working in a field for 12 hours a day, so there wasn't much time to gossip. Now, we have enough free time so that those people already inclined to be interested in fart jokes actually will have the time to enjoy them. And, of course, now we have the time so that smart people can spend hours every day watching recorded lectures from MIT.