This breaks the television reflex and leaves the way open to better things, truer things. Replace television watching with truth-enhancing activities, particularly reading thoughtful books . The desire to read and the ability to read well suffer under the ruthless regime of television, as do writing skills. Therefore, truth suffers. The very act of reading demands a deep level of intellectual engagement and bestows tremendous pleasure and benefit for the faithful.
Print is serious because meaning demands to be understood.
A written sentence calls upon its author to say something, upon its reader to know the import of what is said. And when an author and reader are struggling with semantic meaning, they are engaged in the most serious challenge to the intellect. This is especially the case with the act of reading, for authors are not always trustworthy. The reader must come armed, in a serious state of intellectual readiness. The mental act of reading is not passive, but active.