Literature

[Razer]

On 02/02/2017 10:21 AM, Claudia Steimann wrote:
> I am just reading that book 
> http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23809961-psychopathic-cultures-and-toxic-empires
> Psychopathic cultures and toxic empires 
> By Will Black
> and it describes really good what turns states like Turkey or US into
> something evil - also describes the same effects within companies.
>
> Does anybody here got other must reads on society or politics? 
>
>


For a start, "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of
Show Business" by Neil Postman.

Libcom.org used to have a copy online but they apparently had to remove it.

The last chapter 'Who was right? Orwell or Huxley?' was turned into a
cartoon meme:

https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/george-orwell-vs-aldous-huxley-brave-new-world-vs-1984-comic.png
(Vertical strip 950x7583)

...but the rest of the book describes in quite readable detail how
people get dumbed down by media.

Rr
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