https://marco.org/2008/04/28/television-essentially-functioned-as-a-kind-of
[Television] essentially functioned as a kind of cognitive heat sink, dissipating thinking that might otherwise have built up and caused society to overheat.
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https://marco.org/2008/04/28/television-essentially-functioned-as-a-kind-of
[Television] essentially functioned as a kind of cognitive heat sink, dissipating thinking that might otherwise have built up and caused society to overheat.