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A review by emilyrh77
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman
4.0
This audiobook was 5 + hours of the author dragging TV and it’s influence on society. Though incredibly critical, I thought it an important perspective to consider especially when thinking about how our culture relates to social media, the internet, and smartphones today. Our current culture didn’t just appear out of no where.
Because this book was written in the 1980s, there are many points the author makes that I’ve never considered largely because I’ve never experienced anything different. TV has always been around for me. That’s life.
I didn’t agree with everything and found it to be overly critical in some aspects, particularly in how he regularly mocked different methods teachers use to engage students, but nonetheless I could see his point.
Would love to read an updated version relating to how internet has now influenced culture.
Because this book was written in the 1980s, there are many points the author makes that I’ve never considered largely because I’ve never experienced anything different. TV has always been around for me. That’s life.
I didn’t agree with everything and found it to be overly critical in some aspects, particularly in how he regularly mocked different methods teachers use to engage students, but nonetheless I could see his point.
Would love to read an updated version relating to how internet has now influenced culture.