Let me hear you make decisions without your television

I'll start off with a quote from my all-time favorite band, Depeche Mode. The song is called Stripped, and in it's entirety, is obviously a song about lust. However, this quote, when taken away from the rest of the song, is quite profound. How often in our society today do we sit in front of a TV or computer monitor? I'm doing it as I'm typing this. You're doing it as you're reading this. Many people will come home from a long day of work, throw a TV dinner into the microwave, and sit down in front of the TV for the rest of the night. Yes, it's very relaxing, and it's very easy. You can sit there and not think about anything for hours on end. However, I feel this line is trying to tell us something. What is that? That after so many mind-numbing hours in front of the TV, something happens to us. We stop thinking for ourselves. We accept more readily whatever is put in front of us. We quit questioning things. I agree with this concept. Here's an idea. Next time you come home from work, instead of sitting in front of the TV and watching mind-numbing shows, how about you leave the TV off, turn on a lamp, open a book, and read? If you'd like, you could also turn on some music for the noise factor. There are billions of books out there. Don't like the one you picked up? There are others. It's only a matter of time until you find a good one.

Here's the link to the song: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1w8j7_depeche-mode-stripped_music