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Amusing ourselves to death

This is perhaps one of the most striking passages I have read for a while. It describes the modern world with startling accuracy. In our fear of an increasingly authoritarian rule, we have allowed a far more dangerous vision to come true: heedlessness Below is the foreward of Neil Postman’s book “Amusing Ourselves to Death:…

January 3, 2014 in Book Recommendations, Continuing the path, General Wisdoms, Main Posts.

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