Bernard Corwin’s Reviews > Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business > Status Update

Bernard Corwin
Bernard Corwin is on page 19 of 184
So, this book was originally published in 1985. This is the 20th anniversary edition, published in 2005. I'm reading in in 2026, 41 years after its original publication, 21 years after the update. All I'm thinking is, if this was a dire warning, we failed to heed it and are totally screwed. He's talking about metaphor, epistomoly, the influence of form, and I'm thinking "meme." Totally screwed.
Feb 13, 2026 04:08PM
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

flag

Bernard’s Previous Updates

Bernard Corwin
Bernard Corwin is starting
First reread in over a decade. I want to see how it's aged in the era of toxic social media and news outlets bending the knee to authoritarian knuckleheads.
Jan 29, 2026 05:46PM
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business


No comments have been added yet.