This is why we have nice things, like smartphones and Playstations, but can't have nice things like women's rights, universal healthcare, and a single tier justice system.
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Jenner Hanni
Neil Postman answered this question in Amusing Ourselves To Death in 1985.
"What [Aldous]Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one."
We have "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions."
"What [Aldous]Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one."
We have "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions."
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