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The classic songs are still great. The man himself, at least as presented on stage, has what can charitably be described as an unsophisticated set of political views (or thinks his audience is so...
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It's puzzling to me why people think he's controversial right now - Pink Floyd sold hundreds of millions of records with songs purely about controversial topics - I guess people just want to be...
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Just think what if uGreen sponsored this deal.
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Worth reading but I'm afraid $2 is too much. Required reading for a class, but I didn't like the book.
I never understood why the thinks longform media should be the standard. He didn't grasp the...
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It looks like those comments were mostly deleted.
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I'm sending a PM if you want to discuss this further. Suffice to say I take exception with many of the comments here, but this isn't the place on this forum site to continue political discussions...
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So much for no political "discussions" on SD.
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Was required reading for a college class, ended up going to see Postman give a talk about the book. Definitely worth a read if you get a chance.
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Wow this thread is wild, and the book doesn't even have hdmi!
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So does this book explain how sheeple are created?
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I remember hearing about this book many years ago -- may have to actually make the time to read it. Thanks, OP.
I'm amazed that anyone would be so politically single-minded as to think Trump...
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Buy this book so you can see that not all slickdeals are worth it when it comes to entertaining yourself to death.
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Neil Postman, on a screen? Ah, the irony.
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I only read like the first two chapters and that was life changing. Thanks to whoever posted this. I'm buying it to finish the whole thing.
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Do any of these sites listed offer DRM free downloading? I just tried ebooks.com and i had to download some spyware bs. God I hate technology.
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Just a heads up, it's free for me too but with a trial that auto renews after 30 days.
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Audible audio was free for me. Thank you👍
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I am pretty sure "King of Boom" was being sarcastic
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For a conceptual musical album version look for Roger Waters' "Amused to Death", especially if you are into Pink Floyd.*
* I am aware he is controversial right now.
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It was media before YouTube now it is MEdie. I happen to know people who wake up with YouTube and sleep with YouTube.
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