Do you feel the hustle? The anxiety? The quiet numbness? This isn't accidental. It's the design. In the finale of our Amusing Ourselves to Death series, we confront Postman's devastating truth: The greatest threat to your freedom isn't a physical tyrant—it's the soft tyranny of your own pleasure. We have become enslaved not by force, but by our own amusement. The episode opens with the story of an ordinary life that ends not in tragedy but in sedation—the slow drift into a life of pleasant co...
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Do you feel the hustle? The anxiety? The quiet numbness? This isn't accidental. It's the design. In the finale of our Amusing Ourselves to Death series, we confront Postman's devastating truth: The greatest threat to your freedom isn't a physical tyrant—it's the soft tyranny of your own pleasure. We have become enslaved not by force, but by our own amusement. The episode opens with the story of an ordinary life that ends not in tragedy but in sedation—the slow drift into a life of pleasant co...
#124: Echoes of Tyranny: The Seduction of Safety and the Price of Freedom (Part 7)
Intellectual Freedom Podcast
31 minutes
1 year ago
#124: Echoes of Tyranny: The Seduction of Safety and the Price of Freedom (Part 7)
In this final episode of the Echoes of Tyranny series, we delve deep into the chilling conclusions of George Orwell's '1984' and Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World', exploring their haunting relevance in today’s world. We break down the different forms of control portrayed in these dystopian classics—Orwell's brutal force through fear and Huxley's seductive oppression through comfort—and how they reflect the ways power manipulates society now.Drawing comparisons between these novels and our cur...
Intellectual Freedom Podcast
Do you feel the hustle? The anxiety? The quiet numbness? This isn't accidental. It's the design. In the finale of our Amusing Ourselves to Death series, we confront Postman's devastating truth: The greatest threat to your freedom isn't a physical tyrant—it's the soft tyranny of your own pleasure. We have become enslaved not by force, but by our own amusement. The episode opens with the story of an ordinary life that ends not in tragedy but in sedation—the slow drift into a life of pleasant co...
