You sit down to do deep work. Four minutes later, you've checked your phone, skimmed a news tab, and reacted to a Slack message — and you haven't written a single word.

Sound familiar? That's not a personal failure. That's a design.

In this episode of The Postman Files on Technology and Career, we dive into the Neil Postman Amusing Ourselves to Death summary that every global professional needs right now. Written in 1985 about television, this book is the most accurate diagnosis of your digital work life you'll ever read — and it's more urgent in the age of social media and AI in the workplace than ever. Postman's warning is stark: when entertainment becomes the invisible standard for everything — including how we work, lead, and communicate — depth gets penalized and serious thinking disappears.

He also introduces the concep ...