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Fahrenheit 451 was fascinating for the sub-story about the TV walls and, "Oh look! The White Clown is on!"
Best friend held an acid party back in 1991 or so. From where we stood we could see all 3 TVs, 3 different sizes. He said, "Check it out. The attention people pay to the screen is directly proportional to it's size." Didn't matter was was on screen, the larger it was, the more people stared, the less they talked. That's really stuck with me.
And the parasocial relationships with the people are the screen foretold much.
Can't imagine many would care about book burning today. I only know one other person that reads books, and few even "read" the internet.
I remember thinking the interactive TV thing was dumb when I read it in middle school (early 2000s).
But now we have streamers who just sit there and say "mmm ice cream!" whenever someone gives them a dollar.