Are We Getting Worse As Humans?

[Mystic Wanderer]

I was just talking about that a couple of days ago at work. The young folk didn't believe that no one in my community had a TV when I was growing up. Every house had a radio though. I remember sitting with my grandfather and listening to baseball. I was a huge baseball fan back then.

I remember like it was yesterday, the first time my Dad brought home a TV set. Of course it was a black and white set, and our house became like the community clubhouse. Neighbors started coming by to socialize and watch TV. It was mostly an adult thing, us kids really didn't care that much for it, in the beginning.

You are right that the programming did start from there, from the very beginning. My brother and I have been spending time a couple nights a week watching the old TV shows that we used to think were so clean and innocent. It is so revealing to watch them now with a more experienced and knowing  eye. It is  a bit scary to see how far and how successful the programming has been in less than fifty years. With the internet it has accelerated at a blinding rate. I am terrified at where it will lead us, because the majority of us are not stepping back from the precipice, and it may just be too late to turn back.

My maternal grandparents never owned a t.v.  My granddaddy said t.v. was the devil's toy and he wouldn't allow one in his house.
I thought he was nuts.
Looking back now, that old man had more wisdom in his little pinky than all of us.

Kids, listen to your elders!