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If this subject interests you, and you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend the book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by spking 4mo ago
If this subject interests you, and you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend the book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death
- randusername 4mo ago40 years old now and as relevant as ever. IMO even better than Chomsky's Necessary Illusions (1989) or Bernay's Propaganda (1928) at giving you that backstage at Disney world feeling.
- ex-aws-dude 4mo agoThere is also a book called Infinite Jest that touches on this subject Its a breezy novella you can finish over a lunch break
- BLKNSLVR 4mo agoI use it to weigh down my transportable home in tornado alley. Hasn't failed yet. Density, more-so than size, is important in such an application.
- lou1306 4mo agoWell the size of IJ is itself a statement: 1. there's an awful lot to unpack once you start exploring the intersection of capitalism, addiction, and entertainment; 2. can you even _manage_ to go through it all without switching to mindless consumption every 5 minutes?
- red-iron-pine 4mo agoparent poster must be referring to one of the footnotes in IJ, as those are only a few hours to get through.