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But many others are too quick to accept technology as an unmitigated good without considering the ways every new advance can also set us back. If you tend to be a technophile, a little Neil Postman (1931-2003) might be good for you. I don’t agree with...
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He sums it up as follows: "And so, these are my five ideas about technological change. First, that we always pay a price for technology; the greater the technology, the greater the price. Second, that there are always winners and losers, and that the...
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1985 Neil Postman published, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. Postman condemned modern media for portraying important issues through the trappings of entertainment programming: slick, scripted, fake and a poor...
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In recent days, one principle has risen to the top: as a work
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Well, which is it, teacher, are you suverting or conserving? I ask because I’m coming to terms with Kevin Vanhoozer’s Remythologizing Theology, which similarly looks in two directions at once. It subverts to conserve. To be more precise,...
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Trying to be more erudite than I actually am is a character flaw that can only be cured through abandoning an ego often running amok. Hopefully 2012 will bring more humility to bear. Also after reviewing several of past essays, an old speech that Neil...
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Maybe I'm just missing the indispensability of tablets. I am reminded of the question that the late cultural anthropologist Neil Postman used to ask of every new technology: "What is the problem to which this is the solution?" At this moment, I don't...
About Neil Postman
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Neil Postman (March 8, 1931 - October 5, 2003) was an American professor, media theorist, and cultural critic who is best known by the general public for his 1985 book about television, Amusing Ourselves to Death. For more than forty years, he was associated with New York University. Postman was a humanist, who believed that "there is a limit to... Full Article
