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RyanParsley@bookwyrm.social

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I write code and have a complicated relationship with simplicity. When not writing code, I enjoy collecting hobbies. I say "collection" but it's more of a crudely curated "hodgepodge of curiosities".

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finished reading Amusing ourselves to death by Neil Postman

Neil Postman: Amusing ourselves to death (2006, Penguin Books)

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985) is a …

Amusing Ourselves to Death is deeply fascinating to me in 2025. The parallels and progression from TV and Regan to Social Media and Trump are laid out in the margins.

Postman didn't predict the future so much as articulate the framework that made it not just possible, but likely.

There are some challenging ideas in this book (Sesame Street considered harmful!?) and it's been living in my head rent free since I opened the cover.