Joshua Heling

More re: Wednesday's theme of Internet use being not being comparably passive to TV. - Joshua Heling

This is a useful (if not quite perfect) way to analyze different media. I've been surprised in discussions with other parents the extent to which all forms of screen-based entertainment are considered in the same light. In particular on the passivity front, I think this is a big mistake. While there may be plenty of critique-worthy aspects of the Internet, it certainly does not warrant a facile comparison to television. Underlying a lot of the differences in this chart, IMO, is the distinction between a single-purpose product-ized media delivery channel like television and a general-purpose platform like a computer or a network. A trap is set for the simplistic analysis by the latter's ability to functionally emulate the former (that is, your computer can act like a TV if you want it to), but the platform's set of potential use is infinitely broader. - Joshua Heling

This is really interesting -- sort of like google labs' "mail goggles" feature (which attempts to filter mail written while drunk/angry). There's no reason this should be limited to daytraders in terms of potential applicability. Biofeedback targeted at everyday decision making is real proof that we are, in fact, already cyborgs. Which we are. - - Joshua Heling

bwahahahaha - - Joshua Heling

O. M. G. Someone call CPS - stat. - Joshua Heling