[Marysecretary]

I had an e-mail once about how much better the world was back before colored TV, when we had black and white sets. It was a good analysis.

[brytlea]

Would love to read it. We didnt’ have a color TV until I was in HS and I never saw one until we came back to the US from Japan when I was in 3rd grade.

[AppyPappy]

“I had an e-mail once about how much better the world was back before colored TV, when we had black and white sets. It was a good analysis.”

Unless you were black and living in the South.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I had an e-mail once about how much better the world was back before colored TV, when we had black and white sets. It was a good analysis."

My personal theory is that the more one's senses are "fed" or stimulated externally, the less engaged the mind needs to be, and one's mind atrophies. When you read a book, or listen to music your mind is forced to connect the dots and form its own images. With a sculpture or painting, one is forced to complete the story, allegory, context, etc. in addition to marveling at the technical prowess of the artist. Television/video imagery is "brain candy" and, apart from compelling subject matter, requires little, if any work on the part of one's mind...a color television even moreso than b&w.

Just my conjecture, mind you.