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...
Episode #123: Echoes of Tyranny: Why Rebellion Matters (Part 6)
Intellectual Freedom Podcast
52 minutes
1 year ago
Episode #123: Echoes of Tyranny: Why Rebellion Matters (Part 6)
Feeling stuck in a world that seems designed to keep you quiet, comfortable, and controlled? You’re not alone—and neither were the rebels of Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World. In this episode, we’re diving deep into the heart of these dystopian classics, revealing what their failed rebellions teach us about resistance in our own world today.We kick things off with some powerful metaphors—think the explosive energy of the first runner in a relay race or the ripples from a pebble in a ...
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...
