Why was the Amusing Ourselves to Death comic by Neil Postman removed from the internet by cartoonist Stuart McMillen? Reflective essay on this comic.
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985) is a book by sociologist and mass media scholar Neil Postman. It has been translated into 16 languages and sold some 200,000 copies worldwide. In 2005, Postman's son Andrew reissued the book in a 20th anniversary edition.
The Oatmeal - Comics by Matthew Inman
I've been publishing comics on this website since 2009. Every few years, I compile these comics into books, such as How to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you. I also make card games, such as Exploding Kittens and Horrible Therapist.
The Not-at-All-Funny Life of Mark Twain
Ron Chernow’s biography dwells more on the wreck of a man than on his sublimely comic work.
Designing the Social
This book explores the complex place of social media in young people’s lives and the role it plays in shaping how they understand and present their identity publicly on a wide array of platforms. It proposes a new theoretical framework, Comic Theory, for understanding identity performances.
Designing the Social
This book explores the complex place of social media in young people’s lives and the role it plays in shaping how they understand and present their identity publicly on a wide array of platforms. It proposes a new theoretical framework, Comic Theory, for understanding identity performances.
Are We Having Too Much Fun?
In 1985, Neil Postman observed an America imprisoned by its own need for amusement. He was, it turns out, extremely prescient.
Superheros are Reactionary | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
Scott is… making fun shit
Welcome, dear friend, to my little slice of the web. This is where you’ll find whatever piece of myself I have been able to plonk into the ether.
How to be perfectly unhappy
This comic was inspired by essay from Augusten Burroughs: How to live unhappily ever after. In addition to the essay, I highly recommend reading his books. It's also been described in psychology as flow.
Jason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of Cruelty
The death of the academic shows the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment by a media running on monetised hate and cruelty
Gareth Icke on Twitter / X
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." - John LennonSeems appropriate. pic.twitter.com/1ZP3x756Lf— Gareth Icke (@garethicke) April 7, 2026
Energy Slaves comic about Buckminster Fuller - by Stuart McMillen
How many invisible "energy slave" workers does it take to fuel our modern lifestyles? Comic about Buckminster Fuller and fossil fuel energy.
Comics - Rakhim's homepage
Rakhim's homepage. I build open source projects and write about technology, programming, and life.
Reports of code's death are greatly exaggerated
A sufficiently detailed spec is code begins with this lovely comic: