Technology has a powerful capacity to affect the way we perceive the world and how it works. The authors and scientists in these interviews share their thoughts on computer-assisted communications technologies and the increasing capability of scientific technology to affect the world for good or ill. They also discuss the influence of cyberspace, virtual reality, and intelligent design. The interviewees include Neil Postman, Jane Metcalfe, Howard Rheingold, Mark Slouka, Andrew Kimbrell, Doug Groothius, Dean Kenyon, Philip Johnson, and Michael Behe.
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"Amazing book but not that easy to read. It is in an essay format and when i read it as a junior in high school it was torture. But, it's message is relevant and i find myself referencing it in thoughts enough that i have never forgotten what i learned. " — Juliana (5 out of 5 stars)
"Amazing book but not that easy to read. It is in an essay format and when i read it as a junior in high school it was torture. But, it's message is relevant and i find myself referencing it in thoughts enough that i have never forgotten what i learned. "
" A lavish book that explores the burgeoning scientific thought in Europe and elsewhere. "
" This is one of the few books which have a great influence over me. "
" I knocked off a star because my loyalty to television dictates I must, but this is one thought-provoking book. "
" "For America is engaged in the world's most ambitious experiment to accommodate itself to the technological distractions made pos-sible by the electric plug." What, if anything, has changed since Postman first penned these words? "
" Well-thought, well-presented, and serious discourse on the effect TV and media has on our collective intellect and communications. Read it! "
" I was meh at the time I read it in the 80s and would probably be more meh now. "
" If you are a Communication major, you NEED to read this book it is like the Bible of Communications, literately. "
" while I liked it, I thought it was on point, I have to believe we,as a people, are able to see through the superficiality described in this book. But there are a few eye openers. worth the time to read "
" Originally had to read this for a class in college. It's fantastic! "
" "Media as epistemology" - The medium through which we receive our news dictates what news we receive, and how we think about / "know" it. What's newsworthy on a TV show is different from what's newsworthy in print. Very interesting. "
Neil Postman (1931–2003) was chairman of the Department of Communication Arts at New York University and founder of its Media Ecology program. He wrote more than twenty books. His son Andrew Postman is the author of five books, and his work appears in numerous publications.
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