What did Neil Postman mean by: A definition is the start of an argument, not the end of one. Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA Copy
An educated mind is practiced in the uses of reason, which inevitably leads to a skeptical outlook. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Postman, Education, Reason, Skepticism, 0 Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA
+ Certainty abolishes hope, and robs us of renewal. Author, October 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Neil Postman, Certainty, Hope, Renewal, 0 Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA
+ The written word endures, the spoken word disappears Author, August 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Neil Postman, Communication, Preservation, Time, 0 Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA
Printing links the present with forever. It carries personal identity into realms unknown. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Postman, Connection, Identity, Legacy, 0 Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA
Public schooling does not serve a public; it creates a pubic. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Postman, Education, Identity, Society, 0 Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA
We can make the trains run on time but if they are not going where we want them to go, why bother? Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Postman, Efficiency, Purpose, Relevance, 0 Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA
Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Postman, Curiosity, Education, Transformation, 0 Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA
The price of maintaining membership in the establishment is unquestioning acceptance of authority. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Postman, Acceptance, Authority, Membership, 0 Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA
Democracy has many definitions, but what’s in it for me is not an element of any of them. Jeff Cooper Firearms instructor and author
Rhetoric is nothing but reason well dressed and argument put in order. Jeremy Collier Clergyman · England
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion. Franklin Pierce 14th U.S. President · USA
