Featuring Mike Murray, Jennifer Tejada, Ray Black and Phi Fic podcasters Mary Claire, Daniel St. Pierre, and Cezary Baraniecki. Recorded March 11, 2017. This Not School discussion covered ideas from Neil Postman’s 1985 book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. The group was asked to read chapters Introduction, 1, 2, and 9. The group put Continue Reading …
The Not School discussion of Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death
In the first week of the “Not School” group devoted to Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, it’s clear that a tension runs through the book that – with only a little bit of investigation – can be seen running through Postman’s entire career. It's a function of what he called the "thermostatic view." "In the thermostatic view ... you do not ‘hold' philosophies. You Continue Reading …