What can I do to change the future of society?
This is the question my UNM professor posed to us today in class.
Teach students to think critically! No one can take anything seriously anymore –especially anything on TV. How can we watch a political debate seriously when it’s interrupted by commercials of doughboys selling cake batter? The human brain does not work that way. The television has taken over. The advertising that sponsors television has taken over. Television is understood as entertainment and cannot be taken seriously. Further food for thought: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985) by Neil Postman. Is our culture oppressed by an addiction to amusement? Is this something that can be addressed in schools?
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