"(The) effect of this is to create a passive mental attitude. Since there is no way to stop the images, one merely gives over to them. More than this, one has to clear all channels of reception to allow them in more cleanly. Thinking only gets in the way.”

Mander, Jerry. Four Arguments For The Elimination of Television. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1978.

“Human society is where we’re destined to spend most of our lives. The distinctive company of our own species is right for us.”
McKibben, Bill. The Age Of Missing Information. New York: Random House, 1992.