Don’t you wish you had more time to just sit back and watch some good ol’ TV? Oh wait, you’ve got your TIVO to help make sure you don’t miss a minute of your favorite shows. But is it helping or hurting? Here’s a fascinating excerpt from Martin Seligman’s Authentic Happiness

In the nightly choice between reading a good book and watching a sitcom on television, we often choose the latter — although surveys show again and again that the average mood while watching sitcoms on television is mild depression. Habitually choosing the easy pleasures over the gratifications may have untoward consequences. — Authentic Happiness, p. 117

It’s a wonderful, thought-provoking book. Highly recommended.

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