Amusing Ourselves to Death
Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals.
ISBN: 9780670804542
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Tristan Harris
Technology"Worth reading."
blog View source ↗"Written in 1982. It literally predicts everything that's going on now."
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Michael Batnick
Finance & Investing"One of the best books on communication that I’ve ever read."
book list View source ↗"Here is Neil Postman on the Telegraph, which was the Twitter of its day. From Amusing Ourselves to Death Huge h/t to @patrick_oshag. This is one of the best books on communication that I’ve ever read."
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Matt Mullenweg
Technology"We’re kind of, like the title of the book, amusing ourselves to death. We’re so caught up in distractions and pleasure and entertainment that we might be missing out on the bigger things."
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Patrick Collison
Business & Entrepreneurship"Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Finance & Investing"This book has the best foreword I can recall. Read the entire thing."
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