"Media addiction"... before social media?

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]we had this idea of being addicted to media and communication. As far back as the day of novels, there were novels that were banned for being too addictive. Um, they tried to ban radio shows, soap operas, uh, you know, television, comic books, like you name it. Uh, also just any form of new technology. I was reading some old articles from the '90s about Walkman and people listening to, you know, CDs and they were saying that actually listening to music as you walk through the world would fundamentally rewire your brain and this was very dangerous we needed to take the Walkman, you know, away from kids. So, I think a lot of these arguments made are not, uh, you know, I'm not a believer in them.