Amusing Ourselves to Death — Neil Postman

Commentary Series

You are reading the article teaser of my commentary series for Neil Postman’s book ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death.’ As you delve into my commentary series, may you find not just answers but also new questions and endless wonder. Happy reading!

On Survival Stories — Limitless Broadcasts

Compared to the time of television — the rise of merely tele-broadcasts, our time now surpasses a multi-fold advantages when it comes to access and endorsement of everyone’s survival stories.

You surely would agree if I say:

People desire to be heard and validated.

Now, with the help of myriad of virtual platforms, our culture, I say the entire human civilization has been given vast possibilities to express ourselves on limitless channels. From an hour interview on reality show or talk shows — re: showbiz or show businesses to three or five minutes story-telling on TikTok.

I can only be astound how innovative we have become on the disseminations of our life-experiences, of our ideals and our survival stories. The subjectivity of these contents must be a major consideration; hence, the wide statistical barometer and audience reach of these virtual contents are curated, arranged by the algorithms and online shares.

YET THE QUESTIONS ARE:

How long shall we remain wallowing in the seas of survival stories?

Will we be able to truly be strengthened by them?

UNVEILING —

This is a teaser article in connection with my book review of Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’. Full book review shall be posted!

Here are the officially published book annotations as part of the series review and commentary of ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’ by Neil Postman.

• Book Highlights & Implications to Our Modern-day Entertainment
• Book Highlights & Implications to Our Modern-day Politics
• Book Highlights & Implications to Our Modern-day Public Discourse
• Book Highlights & Implications to Our Modern-day Show Business
• Book Highlights & Implications to Our Modern-day Mass Communication
• Book Highlights & Implications to Our Modern-day Religion
• Book Highlights & Implications to Our Modern-day Education