I wrote a post some years ago about why screens have won over rockets. http://wanderingstan.com/2010-07-27/screens-not-rockets-media-over-moon http://wanderings

I wrote a post some years ago about why screens have won over rockets. http://wanderingstan.com/2010-07-27/screens-not-rockets-media-over-moon http://wanderingstan.com/2010-07-27/screens-not-rockets-medi...) Why are we now more concerned with melding media than melding matter. I agree with the author that it's about values; now that survival, food, shelter, etc are cheaply met, our reward system has the luxury of indulging in TV watching, candy crush, etc.