Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Twitter Book Club: Neil Postman (1992) Technopoly - ch10

The Great Symbol Drain

"One picture,we are told, is worth a thousand words. But a thousand pictures, especially if they are of the same ob... http://tl.gd/91ogvdless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"What the advertiser needs to know is not what is right about the product but what is wrong about the buyer." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"in Technopoly efficiency and interest need no justification." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"it is certain that no culture can flourish without narratives of transcendent origin and power." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"Symbol drain is both a symptom and a cause of a loss of narrative." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"Hirsch's encyclopedic list is not a solution but a description of the problem of information glut" Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelator



"If our politics is symbolically impoverished, it is difficult to imagine how teachers can provide a weighty purpose to education." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelator

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