Neil Postman ("Amusing Ourselves to Death") comes to mind again. Of course I say this with the obvious proviso that while he saw that the entertainment media was destroying analysis and critical thinking he overlooked the manner that and degree to which technology would build the Orwellian panopticon.
Neil Postman ("Amusing Ourselves to Death") comes to mind again. Of course I say this with the obvious proviso that while he saw that the entertainment media was destroying analysis and critical thinking he overlooked the manner that and degree to which technology would build the Orwellian panopticon.
"As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions.” In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us."
Neil Postman ("Amusing Ourselves to Death") comes to mind again. Of course I say this with the obvious proviso that while he saw that the entertainment media was destroying analysis and critical thinking he overlooked the manner that and degree to which technology would build the Orwellian panopticon.
"As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions.” In 1984, Orwell added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us."