I Need More Space To Further Exploit My Face

From 1961- 1966 "Mr. Ed" aired on television. It was a very popular show about a klutzy architect, Wilbur Post (who ever thought that Post would be a post), and his talking horse Mr. Ed. Only Wilbur could hear Mr. Ed speak and he always answered Wilbur's questions about life. Audiences loved Mr. Ed and believed him to be real. He was a voice of the current generation. He was the alter voice of Wilbur. He was an illusion that, for some, became a reality. He invaded and infiltrated households as a result of the modern advancements in technology. There was a psychological edge to the dynamics between the horse and its owner and the characters of the show and the audience. The horse had a psyche and as a result we identified with him. We believed what he said. He was no longer just a horse. The horse and his language signified something. We no longer wanted to hear only, real life, human, television characters give meaning to our lives (this is another psychological problem all its own which will have to be discussed at another time) but we were willing to listen to an animal that itself was playing a character and it was doing something that is not probable. So now we are listening to something that is unbelievable that is from something that is unbelievable.  (this gives me a headache if I think about it too much).

Fast forward to current day. We now have digital media. Isn't there a risk of severe psychological damage to many of the weaker consumers with many more consequences? There are strong predominate types surfing the net in "need" of weaker prey to satisfy their imbalances and impulses and there is no safety net. We are a society where the individual believes what it wants to know and hears what it wants to here because it already has a belief system in place.

We really are controlling to consume here.