April 20, 2004

Why don't you just switch off your TV sets and go and do something less boring instead...
Go on - switch off the box for a week!Why not see what happens when you turn off your TV set for this week and join the ADBUSTERS: TV TURNOFF: "What happens during a seven-day experiment in life without TV? A whole new space to think emerges.
You find yourself passing time in ways you never expected. And you start to wonder: when I reach for the remote, who is really in control? "

When I look back on what I have seen by the tender age of 30, I wonder how I managed to cram it all in. But then I remember - I hardly ever watch TV. People are constantly moaning that they never have time to do anything, and yet I read in Glued to the screen that in 2003: Based on eight hours of sleep the average viewer spends almost a quarter of their waking hours in front of the Soma box!