It's an interesting theory.

Media's entire job is to distract you from being happy and self-sufficient.

You're an older fellow than myself, so you must have more experience with it. Has it always been the case with the media? I remember reading about the man who made advertising the vicious way it is today, which was in the 30s. Nephew of Sigmund Freud, the man was. Before him, ads were actually trying to show the product to be good compared to others. Ads being only one point of the media, obviously.

For the last 50-100 years, humans have developed a deficiency-model of need.

Is it the model in which your insecurities are pushed to make you purchase stuff?

Confirmation that you made the right decision. Giving you perceived power over situations in which you feel powerless.

Could you give examples to either of those components of the modern media? I can't seem to be able to make some up myself.

So, feeding those base human needs for rituals taps into an inner feeling of calm.

So, basically, rituals make for comfort because they make us feel good about maintaining the "good behavior"? That's something I never thought of. Rituals are the circus bonus - the good circle, as opposed to the bad circle of the vicious cycle - that support themselves solely through being good enough to be repeated.

A lack of space, physically and mentally.

How do you think the modern gigantic population density (compared to even a hundred years ago) affects us?

Also, how and why are the Old Rituals better than the constant feeding of pleasure? I can see a few points on my own but would like to hear your full opinion on that.