People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not.
If parents wish to preserve childhood for their own children, they must conceive of parenting as an act of rebellion against culture - Neil Postman
If parents wish to preserve childhood for their own children, they must conceive of parenting as an act of rebellion against culture
- Neil Postman
It is a mistake to suppose that any technological innovation has a one-sided effect. Every technology is both a burden and a blessing; not either-or,… - Neil Postman
It is a mistake to suppose that any technological innovation has a one-sided effect. Every technology is both a burden and a blessing; not either-or,…
Television is altering the meaning of 'being informed' by creating a species of information that might properly be called disinformation. Disinformat… - Neil Postman
Television is altering the meaning of 'being informed' by creating a species of information that might properly be called disinformation. Disinformat…
Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositi… - Neil Postman
Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositi…
If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use technolog… - Neil Postman
If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use technolog…
When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversat… - Neil Postman
When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversat…
Anyone who has studied the history of technology knows that technological change is always a Faustian bargain: Technology giveth and technology taket… - Neil Postman
Anyone who has studied the history of technology knows that technological change is always a Faustian bargain: Technology giveth and technology taket…
Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without prote… - Neil Postman
Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without prote…
Once you have learned to ask questions - relevant and appropriate and substantial questions - you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you f… - Neil Postman
Once you have learned to ask questions - relevant and appropriate and substantial questions - you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you f…
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