Amusing Ourselves to Death
Book notes from The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry from John Comer
“If the devil can’t make you sin, he’ll make you
busy”distracted #mowWe have an infinite appetite for distractions (Aldous Huxley)
People are too busy to live emotionally healthy, well-adjusted lives
Distinguishing healthy vs unhealthy busy
God didn’t create hurry, it’s Antichrist.
Love
Whether in a closet or a car, the One to whom you speak is holy in heaven, transcendent in nature, yet relational and therefore near to you, His child. He is most interesting. Most intriguing. Not entertaining per se, but completely worthy of your mind’s focus.
Jackie Hill Perry • Upon Waking
[[Amusing Ourselves to Death]] entertainment is not the highest form of ____···
Slowness of medium
Slowness of medium is where, in my opinion, it gets even more interesting. This is where you eschew all the marketing “must-haves” and choose to focus instead on the platforms that work best for your business.
Slowness of medium is where, in my opinion, it gets even more interesting. This is where you eschew all the marketing “must-haves” and choose to focus instead on the platforms that work best for your business.
What is Slow Marketing? An Introduction for Small Businesses - Pip Christie
I too have tussled with, a decade later, in contemplating the challenge of cultivating wisdom in the age of information, particularly in a media landscape driven by commercial interest whose very business model is predicated on conditioning us to confuse information with meaning. (Why think about what constitutes a great work of art — how it moves ... See more
Maria Popova • Susan Sontag on Storytelling, What It Means to Be a Good Human Being, and Her Advice to Writers
Intellectualism as a cesspool - maybe that’s a feature, not a bug.
On the importance of reading, responding, and writing to and for one another to advance ideas
Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley's vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.
What Orwell feared were those who would ban bo
... See moreNeil Postman • Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Amazing intro and summary of differences between Orwell and Huxley.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
@OlufemiOTaiwo
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Jun 5, 2022
elite capture in an important corner of the information economy
Policy Tensor
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Jun 5, 2022
Replying to @policytensor
Six corporations control 90% of media consumed by Americans, the most voracious consumers of media in the world. This degree of concentration in unprecedented. techstartups.com/202... See more
@OlufemiOTaiwo
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Jun 5, 2022
elite capture in an important corner of the information economy
Policy Tensor
@policytensor
·
Jun 5, 2022
Replying to @policytensor
Six corporations control 90% of media consumed by Americans, the most voracious consumers of media in the world. This degree of concentration in unprecedented. techstartups.com/202... See more
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Even the virtues of information consumption have changed. Most people I know care more about being informed than being well read.