Telling tales is another story. Mixing the two makes good reading. On solitude Man is a social animal. Man is a rational animal. Society is over rated.
Interaction is a necessity for sanity.
However, people strive for space. Television is such an open space. The mind can drift. Hollow eyes peering at nothingness. The complexity of audio visuals from a CRT require continued sustained concentration to capture a fraction of the subtleties of what's going on.