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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by oldsecondhand on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @07:39PM (#31498841)
> Before the internet we referred to TV as "the opiate of the masses"

No, that's religion.

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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @09:06PM (#31499476)
That was only before TV. The expression originally referred to religion, but later referred to television. For example, see the citation provided to the July 15, 1957 issue of Time magazine.
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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by bitwize on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @09:14PM (#31499514)
Out in the more capitalism-loving parts of the country, it was just called the idiot box, the boob tube, etc.
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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @09:20PM (#31499558)
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy called it "the Drug of the Nation". The band was from the Bay Area. Does that qualify as a "capitalism-loving part of the country".
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