Re: If you liked the Aldous Huxley . . . maybe . . .
Where did the message from earlier go? I was going to respond to that.Ahh--now I see. Never mind. It's back.I thought Amusing Ourselves to Death was astute, as was Technopoly (which is probably my favorite of Postman's books).
Lately though I'm not quite so convinced that the great narratives of religion deserve the priveleged light in which Postman would cast them. How odd to believe that somehow our bronze-age ancestors "got it right" when they missed the boat on so many things, no matter which of the books you consult. Germ theory, for instance, would have been a great topic to have a "heads up" on from any of the books . . . but no.
But on the question of how we ought to regard new technologies--both as friend and as foe--I think Postman himself got something right that very, very few have had the imagination to consider fully or appreciate.
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Where did the message from earlier go? I was going to respond to that.Ahh--now I see. Never mind. It's back.I thought Amusing Ourselves to Death was astute, as was Technopoly (which is probably my favorite of Postman's books).
Lately though I'm not quite so convinced that the great narratives of religion deserve the priveleged light in which Postman would cast them. How odd to believe that somehow our bronze-age ancestors "got it right" when they missed the boat on so many things, no matter which of the books you consult. Germ theory, for instance, would have been a great topic to have a "heads up" on from any of the books . . . but no.
But on the question of how we ought to regard new technologies--both as friend and as foe--I think Postman himself got something right that very, very few have had the imagination to consider fully or appreciate.
Herring405
