Chris Hedges: "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle"
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Journalist Chris Hedges discusses his book, "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle," at Cambridge Forum. Hedges argues that we...

The description says the talk was taped in 2003, but that’s wrong, since Hedges’s eponymous book was released in August 2009, and he talks about the death of Michael Jackson, which took place in June 2009. He also talks about the United States’ 2010 fiscal situation in future terms, which puts an upper limit on the possible date.

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