A review by deschatjes
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman

4.0

One of those books that stay with you after reading and make you think and reconsider your world view. Yes written in 1985 and yes very American centric but in 200 pages explains a lot on how public debate & discourse / education & information was disrupted initially in the TV age and it’s easy to extrapolate to now the internet age. I am in awe with the writing of for example the 14 year old Anne Frank compared to what the average 14 year old is now capable of & books like this go a long way in explaining what’s happened .