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Why Orwell's "1984" is not the right book for understanding our times

Why Orwell's "1984" is not the right book for understanding our times

Neil Postman saw the threat as coming from our own mental depletion due to our amusements and distractions

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Sep 03, 2024
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This is my fourth and final post on Neil Postman’s book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. The first post on why I’m re-reading it is here. The second, on how this book is the OG Red Pill, is here. My interview with Major Garrett of CBS News about the book is here.
In July, I went through Aurelian Craiutu’s Why Not…

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