> We just have something to do while we do nothing. Back in time we did not. Back when? TV and very low-value, low-effort reading (periodicals, comics, books)

> We just have something to do while we do nothing. Back in time we did not. Back when? TV and very low-value, low-effort reading (periodicals, comics, books) have existed for quite a while and filled many an otherwise idle hour. I think you'd have to go back to the 19th century to find a time when there weren't very cheap options available to fill idle hours without effort. They still had cheap low-value books and such (penny dreadfuls, for instance) but volume and availability was more limited, so do-nothing entertainment wasn't quite as plentiful.