Amusing Ourselves to Death
Catching Foxes
Luke and Gomer
4.7 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2020
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Luke and I discuss the book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman, How to Watch TV News, and The Shallows by Nicolaus Carr, and how they build the case against TV and the Internet in terms of conveying information density.
Gomer is convinced of the argument because "The Medium is the Message." But, in a fascinating twist, we apply that to the "digital first" online church and what potential pitfalls that can have on a cognitive basis, as well as to the vitality of Christian faith.
Luke applies it to British self-hating Soccer fans and to the difference between pop art that passes and the Classics that remain.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Bipidi-bop-dip. Recording. Will you say something, Luke? |
| 0:06.1 | Hi. |
| 0:12.5 | According to some, video killed, other things. |
| 0:16.5 | The radio star. |
| 0:19.0 | Video's a murderer. |
| 0:20.6 | It is. Hey, speaking of which, I've been reading a lot of books about how video is a murderer. It is. |
| 0:21.3 | Hey, speaking of which, |
| 0:22.1 | I've been reading a lot of books |
| 0:22.9 | about how video is a murderer. |
| 0:25.3 | It's been fascinating. |
| 0:26.5 | So I've been painting the upstairs |
| 0:28.2 | playroom. |
| 0:30.5 | Terribly bad. |
| 0:31.6 | I mean, like, I'm a terrible painter. |
| 0:33.4 | But, uh... |
| 0:34.1 | Kill your video really quick. |
| 0:36.3 | I keep trying to. |
| 0:38.3 | Right click camera. |
| 0:42.2 | Choose video settings. |
| 0:44.4 | No, you just, you don't right click. |
| 0:45.9 | You just click there. |
| 0:46.5 | No, I know. |
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