The man wrote and recorded an album, “Amused to Death” [1] (inspired by Postman’s book “Amusing Ourselves to Death” [2]), which contains some very pointed criti

The man wrote and recorded an album, “Amused to Death” [1] (inspired by Postman’s book “Amusing Ourselves to Death” [2]), which contains some very pointed criticism of mass media in the 80s and 90s. Is Zuckerberg so out of touch with Waters’ work that he could not see this coming? Not only that, but Waters has been and remains very active politically in the fairly radical left. I mean, with lyrics such as these: We watched the tragedy unfold We did as we were told, bought and sold It was the greatest show on Earth But then it was over We oohed and ahhed We drove our racing cars We ate our last few jars of caviar And somewhere out there in the stars A keen eyed lookout spied a flickering light (Our last hurrah) Our last hurrah And when they found our shadows Grouped ’round the TV sets They ran down every lead They repeated every test They checked out all the data on their list And then The alien anthropologists Admitted they were still perplexed But on eliminating every other reason for our sad demise They logged the only explanation left This species has amused itself to death [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amused_to_Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amused_to_Death [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death On the topic of the album, it is in my opinion Waters’ finest non-Floyd album and very much worth a listen this Sunday. In terms of music, lyrical themes, and playfulness when it comes to the soundscape, it truly is an excellent example of great Progressive Rock.