Friday, September 17, 2004

The Internet killed the television. At least for me, there is now no reason to get cable. The computer screen now allows you to access anything from anywhere in the world, shop, download movies and shows, listen to music, plan your life, talk to friends, compose a song, watch the shows and movies that you downloaded, read the Bible, make money, do banking, sell your possessions. The vitualness of the TV is being subverted by a more seductive virtualness: that of the computer. This is not new. But it does beg the question of how we spend our productive lives in front of essentially a machine. But maybe reality is too inefficient.

1 comment:

The Chef is Cooking said...

Well, for some reason, we still watch tv because w/out it, we wouldn't have a means to dip into the media. But i do agree that relationships are somehow becoming twisted to virtual ones and there is no more reality in the relationships we form. For all I know, my friend could be some psycho waiting for the chance to come over and shoot me.

Same goes for kids who base all their relationships over a little computer window. Sad. The Cafe shall not die.