I worked on a paper for a good chunk of time today, and it got me thinking about something I've considered before: the limitless potential of the internet to provide entertainment results in me experiencing far less of the entertainment that I actually want to experience.
When I'm working on schoolwork on my computer, I rarely take actual breaks. I usually just drift away from my word processor and end up on some mildly amusing website, almost always for a far greater span of time than I would like. But I don't really care for any of the junk that I see on these little browsing excursions. I'd be far better served by closing my document and doing something I want to.
Recently, for example, I've been meaning to watch more of Mad Men, but I don't think I've seen an episode for at least a week. The time that I'd normally watch TV, when my friends aren't around, or I'm just taking a break from something more important, is instead consumed by not-particularly-enjoyable jaunts through vast amounts of non-memorable relatively worthless internet content. I'm usually unsatisfied after an hour or two spent on Reddit or similar content aggregation sites. The web seems to be a place for convenient mediocrity rather than more measured, fulfilling content.
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