Mike_03
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Sat Jan-30-10 06:48 PM
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Book Rec: Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle by Chris Hedges |
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Just to contribute, hopefully, an astoundingly good book that sums up a great deal of the forces we are fighting every day, in addition to the political fights we are fighting, due to the so-called "social" media, internet, the nonsense of Facebook and the idiocy of TV, and other distractions.
This is a fantastic book and I advise everybody to read it if you are questioning how things are going right now, politically, technologically and socially.
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dixiegrrrrl
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Sat Jan-30-10 07:17 PM
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1. Book recs are good...thanks. |
Odin2005
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Sat Jan-30-10 07:23 PM
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2. Facebook is NONSENSE? Bullshit. |
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I agree with his sentiment but to throw social networking in the same category as the brain-rotting Boob Tube is moronic.
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Sat Jan-30-10 07:34 PM
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TV is a two dimensional articial reality where the user passively accepts the programming. FB,and the internet in general,is a 3d reality which actively engages the user. Big difference between the two,imo.
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Sat Jan-30-10 08:27 PM
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4. I imagine it all depends on how FaceBook is used. |
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And even if someone is using it for "just fun" that doesn't mean that others are not using it to build a sense of community on important political and social issues.
Fun is always important.
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Sun Jan-31-10 12:51 AM
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