Johnathon Baxter Harrison?

[michael clubb]

I just read an interesting article, by the above name author, titled "Certain Dangerous Tendencies in American Life.", in which he states that reading fiction "is is a narcotic" and that the people who "resort to it and feel the neccessity for it in much the same way that others feel they must have a whiskey or opium."  He calls it an "opiate for the mind". His article was written in 1880. Today, parents, educators, and authors say the same thing about television and video games.  So, considering that today we belive that reading of nearly any kind is of benefit, do you think that 100 years from now we will be wishing kids watched more television? Played more video games? Keep in mind that 100years from now, we will have fully functioning adroids in most homes. 

[Quinn]

I am a book geek, but I've never felt addicted...

That aside, I really am a believer in “all things in moderation”. I don't think television is the ruination of the nation, neither are video games...Didn't they say that about Rock and Roll music too ;-).
I think you can learn from all kinds of different outlets…But, too much television, too many video games could lead to poor social skills and in the case of the internet, too much misinformation.

[michael clubb]

Hey Quinn, I may be an addict myself, in the strictest sense of the word. I seem to be
unable to pass a book sale or even a garage sale if I see books stacked there, I have a
couple hundred books of my own and I frequently borrow from the library and I do tend to
get un-naturally happy when I read an especially well written sentence.

[Snagg]

...I think that in 100 years, Jonathan Baxter Harrison will once again be completely dismissed and forgotten - Until somebody once again stumbles across his name as an infinitesimal part of the info download pipeline hardwired directly into our frontal lobes.