end of an era?

hopefully not.

i was thinking about the meaning of television today. so i looked it up. 'tele' is Greek for 'far' and 'vision' comes from the Latin 'visio' which not surprisingly means something like sight. so the initial idea behind television was that it would allow us to see beyond our immediate surroundings. clearly it works, but it has the unfortunate side-effect of pinning us to those surroundings. we as a society feel no need to venture beyond our seperate homes because we can see so much from the comfort of our favorite chairs.

ah for simpler days.