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This paper defines entertainment, and its reflection on the composition of society and the notion of self in the modern era. It explores the epistemological and metaphysical implications of entertainment, especially the origin, acquisition, and processing of information. The paper describes the normative implications of entertainment and how a society's reliance on entertainment affects the beliefs and norms which guide and justify particular actions and decisions.

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"Could I have been anyone other than me? This question, which at the very least seems absurd and at the very best rhetorical, actually points to an important fact about the way in which we construct our notion of personal identity. In the modern technological age in which we live, the pervasive access and consumption to entertainment and information has had a transformative effect on societal values and notions of self to the point that it does indeed to make sense to ask what role our management of information and entertainment has in our lives and how that entertainment effects our notions of self and, in turn, our worldview."

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