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The classic consumption vs creative use of computation. I think people underestimate how much consumption there was in the past. For example, TV viewership pe

• mrweasel 2y ago
  > I think people underestimate how much consumption there was in the past Sure, but as a child I was limited to initial one TV station, later two. They started broadcasting at 16 - 17 and stopped around midnight. The subtract dinner time, programming after bed time and the stuff I had no interest in watching, That didn't leave many hours for TV. I don't think it's the hours that's the point, because is it really better to read a book, a magazine or the newspaper? It really depends on the content you consume and the quality of the content has gone rapidly downhill since the invention of reality TV.