Tish Harrison Warren, an Episcopal priest and opinion writer for the NY Times recently mused on the effects of television, social media and the like and their influence on our times. She noted that “in an Opinion essay exploring this idea in The Times last August, Ezra Klein noted that Neil Postman, the author of the influential 1985 book ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death,’ argued that television turned everything, no matter how serious and important, into entertainment. This development transformed society; it changed how we relate to ourselves and one another.” Continue reading →