Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
A Education, Philosophy, Politics book. The wild pursuit of status and wealth has destroyed our souls and our economy. Families live in sprawling...
We now live in two Americas. One—now the minority—functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other—the majority—is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. To this majority—which crosses social class lines, though the poor are overwhelmingly affected—presidential debate and political rhetoric is pitched at a sixth-grade reading level. In this “other America,” serious film and theater, as well as newspapers and books, are being...
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