> That being said, I don't think watching TV is fundamentally different from any other kind of entertainment, be it YouTube, reading HN, Twitter, games, or what

> That being said, I don't think watching TV is fundamentally different from any other kind of entertainment, be it YouTube, reading HN, Twitter, games, or whatever. No, for most of them there are one or two fundamental differences. TV is complete passive consuming, while gaming and communication is usually something active. Additionally they can have a social component, you have a broader variation of content and more control over consuming time and topics you consum/learn about. It's only the same in the sense that they are mostly unproductive "waste of time". Though depending on the content you can learn relevant things for your life and job, so this is take with a grain. At the end it depends on every individual what they consider as entertainment. > But I am unable understand or find fun in the entertainment options of the younger generation, such as spending hours on Instagram or Snapchat. It sucks getting old, haha. I thought the same for a long time, and one day it kinda clicked and I embrassed the shame of social media for some months. At the end entertainment and engagment-systems are all the same, just different in culture and interface.