Postman’s Prophetic Provocations
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Postman’s Prophetic Provocations
This is gross technological naivete. If the delivery is not the same, then the message, quite likely, is not the same.
Norbert Wiener, as one of the early pioneers of information technology, perceived the digital computer as being fundamentally different from the mechanical technologies that preceded it. It was a game changer: a new kind of machine with the potential to usher in a new age—and, ultimately, perhaps rend the very fabric of society. Yet, Wiener’s views
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