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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
It seems distant now, but once upon a time the Internet was going to save us from the menace of TV. Since the late fifties, TV has had a special role, both as the country’s dominant medium, in audience and influence, and as a bête noire for a certain strain of American intellectuals, who view it as the root of all evil. In “Amusing Ourselves to Dea... See more
Chris Hayes • On the Internet, We’re Always Famous
- There are two ways by which the spirit of a culture may be shriveled. In the first, the Orwellian culture becomes a prison. In the second, the Huxleyan culture becomes a burlesque.
- What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countena
Notes On Amusing Ourselves To Death
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
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he wrote continuously about the necessity of our understanding the politics and epistemology of media.
Neil Postman • Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice.