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“Highly personal and original . . . McKibben goes beyond Marshall McLuhan’s theory that the medium is the message.”
——The New York Times

Imagine watching an entire day’s worth of television on every single channel. Acclaimed environmental writer and culture critic Bill McKibben subjected himself to this sensory overload in an experiment to verify whether we are truly better informed than previous generations. Bombarded with newscasts and fluff pieces, game shows and talk shows, ads and infomercials, televangelist pleas and Brady Bunch episodes, McKibben processed twenty-four hours of programming on all ninety-three Fairfax, Virginia, cable stations. Then, as a counterpoint, he spent a day atop a quiet and remote mountain in the Adirondacks, exploring the unmediated man and making small yet vital discoveries about himself and the world around him. As relevant now as it was when originally written in 1992–and with new material from the author on the impact of the Internet age–this witty and astute book is certain to change the way you look at television and perceive media as a whole.

“By turns humorous, wise, and troubling . . . a penetrating critique of technological society.”–Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Masterful . . . a unique, bizarre portrait of our life and times.”
–Los Angeles Times

“Do yourself a favor: Put down the remote and pick up this book.”
–Houston Chronicle


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  6. ISBN-10
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  • Daniel M. Knudsen
    5.0 out of 5 stars A truly amazing and potentially life-changing book!!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2009
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    What's truly amazing and impressive is that this book was written in 1992 and the insight that the author lends to the incredible tension between television and nature..which in the advent of cable this and cable that, it has only become more obvious and pervasive..if you've ever wondered why you can spend hours watching the tube and then wonder about the real world you inhabit and live in, then this book is most emphatically worth your time..have you ever thought about at the end of the day, it isn't just what televison tells us, it's also what it doesn't tell us!
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  • Tiffany Elliott
    4.0 out of 5 stars Dated in places, but relevant
    Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2021
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    Off his success with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben takes on the then timely topic of television in our society.
    It's difficult to come up with a new angle to television, especially in the early 1990s, but McKibben manages to pull it off. Echoing similar themes in his previous and latter books (Oil and Honey, Deep Economy, even radio Free Vermont); McKibben touches on the cult of Self, and gospel of More, by pointing out television, and by greater extent, technology's influence on our inability to address climate change, even today.
    As a Northwesterner, it was nice to read of his father's adventures around Mt. Rainier, and yes, I died a little when he noted "Tiffany" as a 1990's name.
    With the results of climate change, fake news, and the news desert becoming more and more apparent, it would do new, and older generations good to read these timeless pearls of wisdom, wrapped in package from the past.
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    Interesting but repetitive story
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  • TJ
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2021
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    Extremely thought provoking given we have indeed lost community spirit and common goals for a better, sustainable world. Thank you
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  • Jeanette Connolly
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative, in a very good read!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2017
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    This is a fascinating read about how everything is becoming so automated, no one knows how to do anything anymore. It's great if you're old school, like I am, and believe that you should be able to know at least some rudimentary thinking skills. Highly recommend this book!
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  • Darkling Thrush
    5.0 out of 5 stars Update it for the Information Age?
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    Would it be anti-thematic to ask when this will be available on Kindle? :)

    Seriously, I think this book, along with Sherry Turkle's "Alone Together", should be on the reading list for every high school.
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  • Tom Rodgers
    4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing, If Not Topical...
    Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2010
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    This is a very interesting work, a long essay really, in which the author raises some important ideas. He also has a knack for turning a phrase. Unfortunately, he did not really grasp the significance of the nexus between TV and the Internet, and the book was written before social networking really got going, so the chapter on technology now feels a little stale. Still, I would recommend this book for anyone who is looking for ammunition against television, not to mention everyone trying to figure out their own relationship with television.
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  • K. Jensen
    3.0 out of 5 stars A reminder, not a call to action
    Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2012
    While reading this book I was constantly thinking, "McKibben is on to something, but he just missed the mark." In his eagerness to promote environmentalism over all else he misses some of the subtleties of the conflict he writes about. It could be the fact that this book is a little dated (20+ years now), but his environmental slant verges on annoyingly obvious. When he denounces our TV (and now Internet) culture he is timid to the point of becoming pathetic, but he jumps on an opportunity to chastise us for damaging the environment but is preaching to the choir.

    Then again, whoever picks up this book is already familiar with TV's vices, with environmental protection, with the value of a trek to the woods. What this book does is not shake our foundations. It's not a rallying cry for all of America to abandon our self-annihilating consumerism and ignorance. It's a gentle reminder that there is far more out there beyond America's vapid consumerism and obsession with growth and comfort. This book is aimed at people who already know how to live well but need to be reminded in 250 pages of the stifling materialism they may have accidentally stumbled back into.

    And it's appropriate that this book is a gentle nudge in the right direction and not a loud call-to-arms, because really, what do you expect from a guy who lives quietly in the Adirondacks with his wife and a radio tuned every evening to All Things Considered?
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Capolavoro
    Reviewed in Italy on May 1, 2019
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    Uno dei miei libri preferiti, scritto benissimo, interessante, intelligente, bellissimo
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