AMusing ourselves to Death

[shopdeal]

With the Snowden's revelations everyone's talking about Orwell's predictions becoming true.

Another guy talked about the future and it looks like he is more right.

Amusing Ourselves To Death

 

[rusvik]

The problem is that people in charge read books like Brave New World as a manual and not as a warning.

 

[Kiopa_Matt]

Apparently, it appears that we're getting both at the same time -- 1984 and a Brave New World.

 

[shopdeal]

It's like the end result achieved by leaders of states like North Korea or any advanced nation is the same, everyone is dumber. Just different paths.

 

[yast]

Oldschool. Huxley ftw.

 

[shindig]

Loved amusing ourselves to death. Read it a couple years ago with a friend. It's a dry read but fascinating.

 

[wezcountry]

The masses are finished.

Individually, unplugging the telly and switching off the radio is a start.

Curate your own stuff. Use RSS to filter the shit you look at (get them to send it to you rather than go looking for it).

I'm still pondering the implications of this video, a couple of years after watching it:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyQjr1YL0zg]Derren Brown - Subliminal Advertising - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Mahzkrieg]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFvT_qEZJf8"]Network - We're In A Lot Of Trouble! - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Jizzlobber]

Listen to Roger Waters, Amused to Death