Neil Postman: Keen Connector Of History, Technology and Consciousness

Neil Postman Information Page: http://neilpostman.org/ 

Postman Links   http://bradley.bradley.edu/%7Eell/Postmanlinks.html 

Interview Postman http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/january96/postman_1-17.html 

Five Things We Need To Know About Technological Change http://www.mat.upm.es/~jcm/neil-postman--five-things.html 

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"Amusing Ourselves To Death" and "Technopoly" are brilliant books - intellectual explorations as thrilling as Conan Doyle, Agathie Christie and The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo.

"Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse In The Age Of Show Business"

http://www.amazon.com/Amusing-Ourselves-Death-Discourse-Business/dp/014303653X 

"Technopoly: The Surrender Of Culture To Technology"

http://www.amazon.com/Technopoly-Surrender-Technology-Neil-Postman/dp/0679745408/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345771942&sr=1-1&keywords=technopoly 

Please keep in mind Chesterton's observation that "People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."