Facebook .. Television .. Tumblr .. Magazines .. Twitter .. Youtube .. Google+ .. 24/7 News .. Qzone .. Radio .. Renren .. Bebo .. Badoo .. Linkedin .. Orkut .. Myspace .. Blogs .. Smart-phones .. Games .. Music .. Movies .. Books .. and more .. always more .. all day .. every day .. spilling over into your dreams.
Infinite entertainment. A mind constantly crammed with chatter and froth and glittery images. No space for quiet or contemplation. No need to ever experience being alone in silence with your own thoughts. No thoughts, in fact, other than those produced by the weapons of mass distraction.
Blaise Pascal said .. “All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.” That was 350 years ago. Makes you think. Or maybe not.
