Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

Audiobook Flow is carrying Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, read by Jonathan Yen. Written by Chris Hedges.

This narration is one of the best I heard of Hedges’ books!! We now live in two Americas. One – now the minority – functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other – the majority – is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. To this majority – which crosses social class lines, though the poor are overwhelmingly affected-presidential debate and political rhetoric is pitched at a sixth-grade

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