Postman’s Prophetic Provocations
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Postman’s Prophetic Provocations
Neil Postman's questions to ask of a new technology:
What is the problem to which this technology is the solution?
Whose problem is it?
What new problems might result from solving this problem?
Which people and institutions might be harmed by this solution?... See more
Introduce the alphabet to a culture and you change its cognitive habits, its social relations, its notions of community, history and religion. Introduce the printing press with movable type, and you do the same. Introduce speed-of-light transmission of images and you make a cultural revolution. Without a vote. Without polemics. Without guerrilla
... See moreNeil Postman • Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
My favorite essay of all time was written in 2011, and pretty much predicted the inevitability of today's culture wars (because it happened throughout history over and over again with the advent of each new piece of new media tech) https://t.co/iAmVULAp7Z https://t.co/m7qBdier6V
