Neil Postman, on interaction between technology and life

April 11th, 2009

Neil Postman is a critic of contemporary culture. His is not an Orthodox voice, but one well worth heeding (in the vein of Ivan Illich and Wendell Berry).

Six questions to ask about technological change:

  • What problem does the technology solve?
  • Whose problem is it?
  • What new problems might be caused by decisively solving an old one?
  • Which people and what institutions might be most seriously harmed by a technological solution?
  • What changes in language are being enforced by new technologies and what is being gained and lost by such changes?
  • What sort of people and institutions acquire special economic and political power because of technological change?

    • Here is the full lecture:


    Source: Youtube, via Vox Clamanti

    Gheorghe Vanau
    Posted in Documente, English | 1 Comment »

    One Response to “Neil Postman, on interaction between technology and life”

    1. Crucea.ro » Blog Archive » Neil Postman: Cultura si schimbarile tehnologice Says:
      April 15th, 2009 at 8:49 pm

      [...] dupa textul in engleza, disponibil aici. O prelegere a lui Postman e disponibila aici in format video, in limba engleza. Gheorghe Vanau Posted in Documente, Lumea [...]

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