Status Updates From Amusing Ourselves to Death

“…the crossword puzzle became a popular form of diversion in America at just that point when the telegraph and the photograph had achieved the transformation of news from functional information to decontextualized fact…where people once sought information to manage the real contexts of their lives, now they had to invent contexts in which otherwise useless information might be put to some apparent use”

This has been an amazing book so far and I think the brave new world metaphor is perfect. Also I think this book has so much we can add onto it regarding modern use of social media. I would love this so much with things like social media, AI, and convenience culture put into play. Genuinely great and it is lasting.