On This Episode:

ENTERTAINING OURSELVES TO DEATH

An important book by this title came out in 1985. I recently went through it, and it's important. He primarily argues that George Orwell's vision of totalitarianism coming from an outside force was wrong. Instead Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" correctly demonstrates that totalitarianism will come from our triviality, addiction to distraction, and love of entertainment.

THINK ABOUT YOUR PHONE

I have long argued that it's the CONTENT of anything that matters and not the thing itself. I think I'm wrong about that. In an oral communication era, those with wisdom and age were desired. In a written world era, logic, preciseness, and rhetoric thrived. In a TV world, entertainment was king. In our new media world, we've designed it to reward all the wrong things. The devices themselves matter, and we need to rethink our relationships to our devices because of that.

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FBI

I'm not even really talking about the execution of a warrant on a previous president. I'll wait to get more details before pronouncing judgment on that. However, there is a lot of oddity going on at the FBI that undermines its credibility. That's a dangerous development. I'll provide details.

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