tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136818433393147797.post900705252177951843..comments2023-11-17T03:51:50.531-06:00Comments on enlightened rogue: Bye, Bye Television!Enlightened Roguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149639674145482725noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136818433393147797.post-63287888304212944112009-06-13T09:49:10.273-05:002009-06-13T09:49:10.273-05:00I've never really thought of tv as soma in the...I've never really thought of tv as soma in the same way I thought of alchohol as being what Huxley was describing, although I guess it can give the same effect and the same release from reality that everybody yearned for in Brave New World.<br /><br />I don't like half-measures, that is to say I'd like to think that my tv abstinence would go the whole way. But being my own programmer is in an interesting alternative I suppose.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553019207286547350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136818433393147797.post-78588773682792156222009-06-12T17:34:28.397-05:002009-06-12T17:34:28.397-05:00TV is definitely used by many as their soma (the B...TV is definitely used by many as their soma (the Brave New World kind).<br /><br />Don’t physically throw it out- just act as your own programmer.Enlightened Roguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15149639674145482725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136818433393147797.post-37477460732560199282009-06-12T16:01:34.749-05:002009-06-12T16:01:34.749-05:00I'm seriously considering throwing my televisi...I'm seriously considering throwing my television out too. I have been doing for a while now. Reading this has given me one major push in the direction I know I should be going.<br /><br />Everything you put is more or less exactly what that little voice of reason in the back of my head is crying out to me everytime I assume the lethargic, "ready to receieve" position on the couch and reach for the remote.<br /><br />That box is really damn evil. Well said Roger and keep up your good work.<br /><br />SimonSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553019207286547350noreply@blogger.com