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From a 2003 obituary of author Neil Postman —

"In Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse
in the Age of Show Business  (Viking, 1985; Penguin, 1986),
he indicted the television industry on the charge of making
entertainment out of the world's most serious problems.
The book was translated into eight languages and sold
200,000 copies worldwide, according to N.Y.U."

Postman reportedly died on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2003.

Log24 on that date —

Art Theory for Yom Kippur and Ado.

See also today's obituary reporting the May 21 death of Postman's
erstwhile agent Elaine Markson.

This  journal on May 21, in a post titled "Crux" —

"Chance became tied to the liberties
of U.S. democracy, whereas its eradication
or denial became symptomatic of Soviet tyranny."

— Google Books description of No Accident, Comrade:
Chance and Design in Cold War American Narrative,
by Steven Belletto, Oxford U. Press (first published
in hardcover on Dec. 28, 2011) 

Midrash —

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