In the early the early days of TV the promise of this new medium was how it would benefit culture, offering notions that one day we would all attend college lectures on TV. Not so much. Similar notions were advanced as the Internet came to be. As I watched the above video I caught a small hint of what that world might be like, to be able to learn and be enriched by the clicking of a simple Play button.
Sources:
- Pixel – A pixel art documentary by Simon Cottee (2010-05-21), https://youtu.be/7mqAZ06dwKU?si=Afuh9e1IN136jlXL
