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Very interesting and thought provoking. The warnings about the dangers of turning on the TV and turning off our brains applies even more so today than it did 38 years ago. Except today it's phones and computers that run the world.
The access to all the information we could ever want (and more) is usually seen as a good thing. But this book shows that it isn't always. The concept of the information-action ratio is an interesting one. Today we have so much more access to information than we ever did before, but we still don't have that many ways of acting on that information. This creates a cycle of apathy that's hard to escape. "Another natural disaster? Yeah okay, same old same old."
The "Now... This" chapter was good. It highlighted how we use TV as a substitute for thought and the why the entertainment format isn't sustainable to serious topics that shouldn't be presented in an entertainment format.
Along with the references to Brave New World, this book made me think of Bo Burnham's "Welcome To The Internet".
The access to all the information we could ever want (and more) is usually seen as a good thing. But this book shows that it isn't always. The concept of the information-action ratio is an interesting one. Today we have so much more access to information than we ever did before, but we still don't have that many ways of acting on that information. This creates a cycle of apathy that's hard to escape. "Another natural disaster? Yeah okay, same old same old."
The "Now... This" chapter was good. It highlighted how we use TV as a substitute for thought and the why the entertainment format isn't sustainable to serious topics that shouldn't be presented in an entertainment format.
Along with the references to Brave New World, this book made me think of Bo Burnham's "Welcome To The Internet".