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

4.0

I decided to read this after reading "Empire of Illusion" by Chris Hedges in which it is heavily quoted. I thought it was pretty good, but for me personally there were no profound revelations here. But I am already a veteran at cynicism toward television and pop culture in general. It was short an sweet and definitely had some food for thought.

The one I was wondering throughout is what he would have to say about twitter, Facebook, and their ilk those being, in my mind, the current extreme of just what this book is warning us about.