we’re being destroyed not by what we fear but by what we love—entertainment
infects all forms of public communication, reducing seriousness and depth.
from censorship to irrelevance through distraction
addiction to entertainment erodes democracy, discourse, and the capacity for serious thought.
The threat isn’t that books will be banned, but that nobody will want to read them, because they are bored by seriousness
it is harder to resist pleasure than tyranny
there’s nothing obvious to fight against—no visible tyrant, no censorship, just passive decay of discourse.
Bread and circuses