Monday, February 1, 2010
amusing ourselves to death
illustrations from Stuart McMillen's cartoon blog
Recombinant Records
words from
"Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business"
a book published 1985(!) by Neil Postman about the possibility that Huxley, not Orwell, was right.
fullscreen and enlarge it here ►
- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, published in 1932 ►
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell, published in 1949 ►
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman, published 1985 ►
oh well...
...subtle irony?
who wins?
you decide!
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