What did Neil Postman mean by: Public schooling does not serve a public; it creates a pubic. Neil Postman Media theorist and cultural critic · USA Copy
When media make war against each other, it is a case of world-views in collision. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Postman, Media, War, 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
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
+ 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
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 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
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
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
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France