We Are Not Saved

If We Were Amusing Ourselves to Death in the 80s, What Are We Doing Now?


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In 1985 Neil Postman published the book "Amusing Ourselves to Death". The central claim of the book was that TV had replaced the superior epistemology of the printed word with an inferior version focused entirely on entertainment. Now TV itself has been replaced as the dominant medium by the internet and social media. What epistemology has it brought with it, and is it better than TV or far, far worse?

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We Are Not SavedBy Jeremiah

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