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Another "revisitation" is contained in "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business" by Neil Postman, an essay written in 1985 whic
by panta 8y ago
Another "revisitation" is contained in "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business" by Neil Postman, an essay written in 1985 which extends the thesis that media are the main force which are creating a BNW kind of world (in particular TV, being written before the digital revolution).
- bloomer 8y agoI can’t recommend this book enough. Although it was written in 1985, it feels like it could have been written yesterday. It’s amazing how he predicted the actual effects computers would have on western society as opposed to the utopian dreams present at that time (and still parroted about).