I've been contemplating our current era of genuinely thoughtless entertainment. One hardly even has to work to FIND the entertainment anymore with these curated algorithms and such. I consider it, while an advancement of previous concepts, a generally unprescedented thing that humans can genuinely just sit down and be entertained at home for probably at least 60% of their day, assuming they work or go to school the other 40%. The ability to not to any work other than swipe a finger on a screen, and bam, hours of the day are just gone. It scares and sickens and pulls me right in.
However, as an early 2000s born, my scope of knowledge and experience is obviously limited, and I really want to learn the perspectives of those that came before. I regret sitting and scrolling so much in high school instead of going out with friends and seeking experiences, and yet, I still do it now, scrolling comfortably instead of pursuing a bold path.
Historically, I'm curious. How did they feel their lives were being unprescently wasted, if they did? With what? Are there even historical equivalents when things like reading or going to live performances, or even the movies in person, are things I would consider enriching to people?
I'm curious as to what people saw historically as meaningless, and, by proxy, what made their lives glorious, meaningful, valuable, vivacious. cheers !!
by m0thwing