Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman (2005, Paperback, Anniversary)

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Mr. Postman's book Amusing Ourselves to Death was a prophetic look at the way the changes in media affects an entire civilization. His contention is simple enough: as the vehicle for information changes from typography (the written word) to things like television and the internet, it will fulfill what Aldous Huxley feared in his book the Brave New World, that namely information will be trivialized to the point that a civilization will destroy itself through lethargy. He points out that television today is simply entertainment. The news is like a talk show, with music, and visual effects designed to increase ratings as much as possible. Mr. Postman is not anti-television, instead he zeros in on news shows, and other "serious" type talk shows, pointing out that these shows cannot pass for news and that no topic can be seriously discussed in 30 seconds to 1 minute. It's interesting to see him compare our media/tv culture with the reading/book type culture of the 1800's. I can't recommend this book highly enough.