Podcasts that mention 📚 Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

have you read neil postman at all have you read like amusing ourselves to death it was a social critic technology critic um and wrote a lot about sort of technological determinism

Cal Newport asks if the host has read 'Amusing Ourselves to Death' by Neil Postman, discussing technological determinism.

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If you want to be depressed about our ability to succumb to that, I think of a book from maybe thirty years ago by Neil Postman called Amusing Ourselves to Death, which wasn't about binge-watching because it didn't exist, but it was about an engagement with media or entertainment.

In this segment, Stephen, one of the show's hosts, mentions Neil Postman's book 'Amusing Ourselves to Death'. He brings up the book while discussing how our engagement with media has affected our ability to savor experiences, linking it to the overarching theme of the episode that contrasts savoring versus mindless consumption.

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always our final question what are three books You'd recommend to the audience so so first I'll start with a classic which is Neil postman's amusing ourselves to death the the goat The Goat in this in this discourse I think it still totally holds up

Chris Hayes recommends this book as a classic on the topic of the conversation (attention/media).

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and this is the way Neil Postman who wrote amusing ourselves to death put it

Sean Illing mentions Neil Postman and his book while discussing the medium is the message concept.

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there's a great book that I read that Neil Brennan told me about uh what's it called amusing ourselves to death

Joe Rogan mentions a book he read that was recommended to him by Neil Brennan, stating the title.

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oh by neil postman

Joe Rogan identifies the author of the book Ryan Holiday just mentioned.

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yeah that quote about amusing ourselves to death or welfare feared a world where we would ban books and censor information

Tristan Harris references the book 'Amusing Ourselves to Death' in the context of contrasting dystopian fears (Huxley's distraction vs. Orwell's censorship).

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I mean there's an amazing book that I recommend anyone listening to this read called amusing ourselves to death by Neil postman which he wrote in 1985 before computers before social media before any of this he predicts all of it perfectly without even knowing the faintest hint of what was going to happen

Hamilton Morris recommends this book, describing it as amazing and predicting the current media landscape before computers and social media.

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