If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use technology rather than be used by it.
Neil PostmanTypography fostered the modern idea of individuality, but it destroyed the medieval sense of community and integration.
Neil PostmanFor the message of television as metaphor is not only that all the world is a stage but that the stage is located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Neil PostmanPeople in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not.
Neil PostmanBut in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its story of our origins and of our end is, to say the least, unsatisfactory. To the question, "How did it all begin?", science answers, "Probably by an accident." To the question, "How will it all end?", science answers, "Probably by an accident." And to many people, the accidental life is not worth living. Moreover, the science-god has no answer to the question, "Why are we here?" and, to the question, "What moral instructions do you give us?", the science-god maintains silence.
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