Ep. 457. Entertainment Is Destroying Public Discourse Neil Postman’s Chilling Prediction Comes True
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public DiscourseAmericans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and commercials. - Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessNeil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death posits that modern society's embrace of entertainment over serious discourse poses a significant threat, differing from George Orwell's vision of external oppression. Postman argues that Aldous Huxley's Brave New…
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