This was such an interesting read, Cliff. Older generations do tend to bemoan any new technology while younger generations say we are being stuffy and afraid of change. But there is argument to made about what we do with the technology we create and the long-term impact it has on our lives, whether that is at the expense of convenience or entertainment. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you, Maryann. Yep: "Con sarn these newfangled inventions!" Funny part of it is, Postman argues that the process of fragmentation and decontextualization he describes started with the invention of the telegraph and parallel innovations in photographic reproduction back in the 1800s. I didn't know, for example, that the AP "wire service" formed just four years after Samuel Morse opened the first telegraph line. (see p. 67) The other thing is, my wife is a teacher and she tells me there is research that information that comes from screens doesn't stick as well. Goes to a different part of the brain or something. It is not equivalent.
This was such an interesting read, Cliff. Older generations do tend to bemoan any new technology while younger generations say we are being stuffy and afraid of change. But there is argument to made about what we do with the technology we create and the long-term impact it has on our lives, whether that is at the expense of convenience or entertainment. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you, Maryann. Yep: "Con sarn these newfangled inventions!" Funny part of it is, Postman argues that the process of fragmentation and decontextualization he describes started with the invention of the telegraph and parallel innovations in photographic reproduction back in the 1800s. I didn't know, for example, that the AP "wire service" formed just four years after Samuel Morse opened the first telegraph line. (see p. 67) The other thing is, my wife is a teacher and she tells me there is research that information that comes from screens doesn't stick as well. Goes to a different part of the brain or something. It is not equivalent.
There is some truth in that.