“When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility.” ~Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Andy Singer is on the web HERE.
Excellent quote, and very true! As Alexander Hamilton said, "Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything."
ReplyDelete...man, such a great description of western culture..!
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