1965: He is so smart, he is watching so much TV
1990: He is so dumb, he is watching TV all day
2000: He is so bright, he spends a lot of time on the Internet
2020: He is so dumb, spending all day on the Internet.
1990: He is so dumb, he is watching TV all day
2000: He is so bright, he spends a lot of time on the Internet
2020: He is so dumb, spending all day on the Internet.
I'm not sure this was ever the case.
> Newton N. Minow spoke of the "vast wasteland" that was the television programming of the day in his 1961 speech.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_aspects_of_television#N...
Both media began with precious little content, most of it relatively high in value for the times and circumstances. (Even if it could be argued some content was low quality or utility, the simple access to a much wider array of thought was valuable.)
But once they matured, of course they filled up with trash. Just like every medium.
Given the quality of most books these days, someone “reading a lot” doesn’t mean much anymore, for instance.
This never happened.