Computers beat the TV like the automobile beat horse drawn wagon. Computers just delivered superior service at a much lower price.
I am unhappy that forced advertisements are encroaching on my Internet. It is only a matter of time until the Internet turns back into one way television, where the big players produce, and the little rabbits pay a large fee to consume.
This might offend some people, but I'd argue that something like Reddit (and even HN, at times) is a modern person's version of a TV -- endless streams of interesting/useful information that can be consumed to no end. Admittedly, some sources (like HN) provide a higher signal-to-noise ratio in most cases, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be cautious about the amount we read.
Within the scope of HN, an honest question: how many AMAs or interesting heart-warming or funny stories have you read in the last month? How much do you know about VC funding, term sheets, pitches, A/B testing, SEO, HTML5, frameworks, functional programming, etc? And then, how many finished products have you built that have at least a few customers?
I'd argue that something like Reddit (and even HN, at times) is a modern person's version of a TV -- endless streams of interesting/useful information that can be consumed to no end
Good point. One great advantage of Internet vs. TV is that reddit/HN is 2 way and user generated and there are much less central authorities than TV.
