Showing results for title "Appetite for Distraction", by author "Matthew Syed" in History & Culture
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Appetite for Distraction
- A BBC Radio 4 Series
- By: Matthew Syed
- Narrated by: Matthew Syed
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Original Recording
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Forty years ago, Neil Postman’s landmark book Amusing Ourselves to Death compared two dystopian visions – those of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley – and concluded that the latter had proved most prescient. Rather than oppression by Big Brother, humanity was in danger of being overcome by our ‘appetite for distractions’: technologies that tap into our basest instincts, taking away our ability to think and destroying our critical faculties.
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Appetite for Distraction
- A BBC Radio 4 Series
- Narrated by: Matthew Syed
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 30-01-2025
- Language: English
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