>Walking around, talking to friends, sitting in a bar, reading, etc. Those are proactive intellective activities; whoever carries them out has to put some kind

>Walking around, talking to friends, sitting in a bar, reading, etc. Those are proactive intellective activities; whoever carries them out has to put some kind of effort in doing so. On the other hand, passive media consumption is effortless and has nothing to do with a conscious decision to engage in a more demanding task; it is driven by inertia and doesn't constitute an activity through which one can exercise their minds to a satisfactory extent.