Screening Your Life
Or living through the screen, as it may be.
A couple days ago I saw an ad at Blockbuster for their enhanced membership, the tag line was Experience More. I chuckled half to myself at the idea that sitting in front of a television set watching others act out a story was experience as opposed to the world going on outside that small rental store’s doors.
Tonight I heard on the radio that grocery stores are unveiling shopping carts with built in movies to keep kids entertained. There was a psychologist interviewed who said the increasing number of children who are either amused or bored dependent upon screens being present (waiting room tv sets, personal DVDs, minivan movies, etc) is taking away from parent child interaction and the kids aren’t learning things from the parents they should be learning.