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The Hidden Dangers of Television Every invention has changed society but none has done as much harm as the television. Take the inventions of the light bulb, telephone, and penicillin all of these have greatly changed our world in a positive way. The light bulb allowed the world to be able to continue working even after the sun went down, which enables us to get more things done, and the telephone helped us to be able to communicate with each other without having to wait a week for a letter to arrive. In addition the invention of penicillin allowed doctors to save lives. The majority of the world’s inventions have in some way or another helped society, but television seems to becoming a more negative thing then a positive thing. Television has had the most affect on the lives of children by allowing them to stop thinking for themselves. Television keeps children from reading books, which helps their brains develop. Children that do nothing but sit in front of the television have no reason to use their imagination, hindering them from being able to interact with other children. But perhaps the worse consequence of television on children is that it enables children to b