Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? What if we lived in a world where the answer was always the latter? What happens if everything becomes subject to the demands of entertainment? What if journalism, education, politics, and even religion all became based on entertainment and were practised solely for the purpose of more entertainment? What would that world be like? Would it be in any way similar to the world we live in today?
There's a book called Amusing Ourselves To Death, ( it doesn't matter if you never heard of it) that takes place in a world with this exact premise. In this club, Leon will share with you the main ideas and a few great passages from this incredible book and we'll have a fascinating discussion!
Written way back in 1985, Amusing Ourselves To Death is a seemingly prophetic book with a fascinating and frighteningly accurate view of the place of entertainment in modern society.
How can we gain control of our media so it can serve our highest goals? What goals is the media serving today? How powerful are online influencers?
Let's have a fascinating and enlightening discussion!