Douglas CouplandTV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.
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The people who spend a lot of time on the Internet and TV are the ones who shouldn’t be mingling with others in public. The people who spend time in front of a screen are missing out on the real world and the people who are not on their computers or on TV. In this quote, Mr. Sachs is saying that technology keeps good people from spending too much time in public every day.
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