Speaking of vicarious, Film was alive at its advent and stayed that way for several years until the Mythic Golden City in the West came into power and drove all the Life from the medium. Our idea of surround sound is being in the center of the action. If you want to tell Us a story you may do so at the Dinner Table. Dumpster Diving is a more meaningful experience than plodding through a web page. We long for a book to be held in our hands.
Humans are good enough in our minds to perform a wide variety of tasks.
A good typewriter will go a long way towards an attempt at writing. We often hear that Performance Art is dead. When you walk through doors, When you go into stores. To which I can do nothing but thrust my middle finger in your face. Actors are dangerous to Humans.