What did Neil Postman mean by: Certainty abolishes hope, and robs us of renewal. Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA Copy
People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Postman, Comfort, Familiarity, Preference, 0 Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA
A definition is the start of an argument, not the end of one. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Postman, Argument, Debate, Definition, 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
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
+ 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
Reading is the scourge of childhood because, in a sense, it creates adulthood. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Postman, Education, Growth, Maturity, 0 Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA
The effects of technology are always unpredictable. But they are not always inevitable. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Postman, Inevitability, Technology, Unpredictability, 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
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness. Jean Giono Writer · France
I love planting bulbs. It is making promises with tomorrow, believing in next year and the future. Jean Hersey Author · USA
Youth! youth! how buoyant are thy hopes! they turn, like marigolds, toward the sunny side. Jean Ingelow Poet · England
