There was once a time when people simply sat in one spot watching a collection of colored lights flickering this way and that. Back in the old days, TV was a simple passtime that people who had nothing better to do after work would use to pretend they were doing something constructive before they went to sleep. However, when computers and the Internet became popular, this trend could have ended. Unfortunately, that trend has returned with a vengeance.

While the times have gone beyond merely watching a few channels, and the Internet has gone into more sites than a person could visit in a lifetime, there has been a disturbing trend surfacing to bridge the gap between these two ways to engage one’s energy. Nowadays, one can watch TV on the Internet, and be just as slothful in front of a computer as was once the trend in front of TVs the world over. For more and more people, going to websites like Youtube to watch a short video has turned into watching entire series online.

As these series take the time given to them and throw it into the abyss, one has to consider the implications here. When a person has a computer, the purpose is ostensibly to interact and contribute through its use. However, when one uses the massive power of their computer and its connection to the Internet as little more than a means to vegetate and avoid thinking, why did they go online in the first place? The Internet’s greatest power is in allowing human beings to contribute regardless of their station. So simply becoming passive seems like a large regression.