`Author:` [[Neil Postman]] `Availability:` > [!info] > ## Key Takeaways ## Summary ## Quotes - [[Neil Postman]] (Amusing Ourselves to Death, 1985): 1. “What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.” • Postman contrasts Orwell and Huxley, suggesting that modern [[Society]] is lulled into passivity not by overt oppression but by trivial entertainment. 2. “We are a [[Culture]] that has traded its [[intellect]] for trivia, its curiosity for amusement, and its critical [[Thinking]] for soundbites.” • Postman critiques how [[Media]] and entertainment reduce complex issues to simplistic, digestible forms. ## Notes `Concepts:` `Knowledge Base:`