Education in a technological world of replaceable and expendable parts is neuter.

I may be wrong, but I'm never in doubt.

The young today cannot follow narrative but they are alert to drama. They cannot bear description but they love landscape and action.

The electric age ... established a global network that has much the character of our central nervous system.

The wheel is an extension of the foot, the book is an extension of the eye, clothing an extension of the skin, electric circuitry an extension of the central nervous system.

Food for the mind is like food for the body: the inputs are never the same as the outputs.

Today's child is growing up absurd, because he lives in two worlds, and neither of them inclines him to grow up. Growing up--thatis our new work, and it is total. Mere instruction will not suffice.