the.com/television
a hypnotist you invited inside, paid for, and thanked for the privilege
means a device that receives broadcast or streamed signals and turns them into moving pictures and sound on a screen.
from A Greek-Latin hybrid stitched together in the early 20th century: Greek 'tele-' (far, distant — the same 'tele' in telephone and telescope) bolted onto Latin 'visio' (sight, seeing). So it literally means 'far-seeing.' Purists at the time complained about the mongrel mixing of Greek and Latin roots, but the word stuck — and the thing it named went on to colonize the living room.
first imagea ventriloquist dummy named Stooky Bill, in 1925
name originhalf Greek, half Latin — purists were furious
couch effectaverage American watches over four hours daily
old glowearly sets emitted small amounts of radiation
sleep thiefits blue light tricks your brain awake