People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.

Neil Postman

Amusing Ourselves to Death

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Downsides of technology

Author

Neil Postman

Source

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. Viking Penguin/Methuen Publishing, 1985, foreword.

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The Art of the Deal
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