Amusing Ourselves To Death - Mahmoud ALALI

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Across
  1. 2. A warning about control through pleasure, distraction, and voluntary shallow thinking.
  2. 6. A style of public talk that explains and argues step-by-step instead of entertaining.
  3. 7. Postman’s metaphor for news that pops in and out quickly, leaving no depth or continuity.
  4. 8. Information ripped from context, so you know it but can’t use it meaningfully.
  5. 10. The short TV unit that reshapes political communication into slogans, images, and vibes.
  6. 11. A warning about control through fear, force, and censorship.
  7. 12. The transition logic that trains viewers to drop serious events instantly and move on.
Down
  1. 1. A technology that sped up information and helped separate news from usefulness or action.
  2. 3. Teaching remade into fun-first content that trains students to avoid struggle or difficulty.
  3. 4. The main “rule” TV forces onto every topic, even politics, religion, and education.
  4. 5. The idea that public discourse becomes performance, where appearance matters more than ideas.
  5. 9. A print-based way of thinking that trains patience, logic, and sustained attention.