Assert Good, Day 27. #AssertGoodD27 #FWakeAssertGood

"Our politics are unhinged. He saw it coming 40 years ago." by Jim Beckerman, NorthJersey . com - "Who got it right?" - March 30, 2024

#March30 #FWakeMarch30 /\ #FWakeNeilPostman #NeilPostman
#NeilPostmanWasRight1985 "Neil Postman got it correct in 1985"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics-unhinged-saw-coming-forty-081010194.html

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#FWakeEducation
#NeilPostmanWasRight1985 #NeilPostmanWasRight1992
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https://gizmodo.com/its-breathtaking-how-fast-ai-is-screwing-up-the-education-system-2000603100

I need to circle back and re-read his "Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology".

I read it when it came out in 1992, but frankly don't remember much from it.

Edit: Free #PDF on archive.org!

https://ia601802.us.archive.org/27/items/235p-technopoly-neil-postman/235p%20technopoly-neil-postman.pdf

This is from the Wikipedia entry:

"Postman considers technopoly to be the most recent of three kinds of cultures distinguished by shifts in their attitude towards technology – tool-using cultures, technocracies, and technopolies. Each, he says, is produced by the emergence of new technologies that "compete with old ones…mostly for dominance of their worldviews".

If all the secrets of adulthood, including sex, illness and death, are opened to children; cynicism, apathy or arrogance replace curiosity for them, short-circuiting education and moral development.
-- Neil Postman (The Disappearance of Childhood)

#Wisdom #Quotes #NeilPostman #Apathy #Arrogance #Cynicism #Education #Television

#Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

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>>> #NeilPostmanWasRight1985 #NeilPostman #AmusingOurselvesZombies
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"A protester holds a placard reading "No to Russian propaganda" during a demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Milan, Italy, on February 24" 2024 #FWakeY2024
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https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxsIZk7a51bcER2B5b3dg6I9FthNw9LCi6

1985 book by professor Neil Postman on "Amusing Ourselves" via social media machines / HDTV devices

The medium is the metaphor.
-- Neil Postman

#Wisdom #Quotes #NeilPostman #Publishing

#Photography #Panorama #Sunrise #SacandagaLake #Adirondacks #NewYork

"Most of us, most of the time, are unaware of how language does its work." —Neil Postman, Technopoly

The medium is the metaphor.
-- Neil Postman

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"Building a bridge to the 18th century" by #NeilPostman #FWakeY1999 #FWakeYear1999

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"It means misleading information--misplace, irrelevant, fragmented or superficial information--information that creates the illusion of knowing something but which in fact leads one away from knowing." #NeilPostman

#FrontPageReddit #AntiEducation "Anti Education"

December 17, 2024 - kittens are an ideal reason to skip education and learning. Because you know, social media is full of kitten images and other pets. #FUBAR1712

Kids stand up for simulacra and images. Glued to their smartphone making a video or watching a video. #NeilPostman #EndOfEducationOpera

Instead of actually using social media to criticize society with reason thinking, embrace of entertainment. Parents too.

https://old.reddit.com/r/OneOrangeBraincell/comments/1hg8v4t/i_believe_we_all_can_agree_that_this_is_a/