" people here are addicted to input from external sources. if the input does not come fast enough the person might "change channels" looking for a better stream if input."
Yes, you are into something. I have noticed that when my kids are up in the mountains of north, without internet and TV, they have a totally different way of being. More content but also focused, of the daily little things that life is made of. Never seen them bored, as they find joy in a piece of firewood burning, or something. Maybe this is the new type of holiday we need; going off roads, and broadbands.