>Plenty of people isolated and medicated with TV alone. Couch potatoes were a thing. As with all addiction, the poison is not just in the dosage, but the inten

>Plenty of people isolated and medicated with TV alone. Couch potatoes were a thing. As with all addiction, the poison is not just in the dosage, but the intensity of the hit. Television was only so powerful. Shows ended, commercials ran, and channels were limited. Of course the rise of having absolutely anything imaginable available at all times in high definition in limitless amounts will make the effect far stronger.