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Amusing Ourselves To Death
Neil Postman's classic argument reveals how our media environment has subtly reshaped public discourse, turning serious matters into mere entertainment and altering our capacity for sustained thought.
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“Neil Postman's classic argument reveals how our media environment has subtly reshaped public discourse, turning serious matters into mere entertainment and altering our capacity for sustained thought.”
— Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves To Death
Media ecology, public discourse, attention economy
If you often feel informed but unengaged by the news, or sense that serious issues are increasingly treated as fleeting spectacles, this will clarify why, and this will help you see what to do next.
Neil Postman, a cultural critic and media theorist, offered a prescient analysis of how dominant communication technologies subtly shape our understanding of the world, long before the digital age made his observations feel even more urgent.