Prophet vs. Profit

In honor of Network's tension between the role of prophet and profit in television, I'm reminded of Kierkegaard, the famous Danish philosopher who was also a Christian. In the mid-1800s he wrote: "Suppose someone invented an instrument, a convenient little talking tube which, say, could be heard over the whole land . . . I wonder if the police would not forbid it, fearing that the whole country would become mentally deranged if it were used."