"the world we live in is nearly incomprehensible to most of us. There is almost mo fact, whether actual or imagined... http://tl.gd/8ugucl
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"Technopoly deprives us of the social, political, historical, metaphysical, logical, or spiritual bases for knowing... http://tl.gd/8uguppanderscj
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"If I told you that the paper on which this book is printed was made by a special process which uses the skin of a ... http://tl.gd/8uh14fanderscj
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"The world has never before been confronted with information glut and has hardly had time to reflect on its consequences." Postmananderscj
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"In 1480, before the information explosion, there were thirty-four schools in all of England. By 1660, there were 4... http://tl.gd/8uh8hcanderscj
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@anderscj - it's actually 120 sq miles rather than 12. V big difference. England = 50k sq m
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@SLE_books I don't think the figure was absolute. Some schools were probably closer together.anderscj
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@anderscj - i'd be interested to know how the historian arrived at that number.School Library Exch.
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@SLE_books unfortunately Postman is no longer with us but perhaps @irasocol or @jerridkruse knowanderscj
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@anderscj @SLE_books @irasocol I do not know.
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@anderscj @SLE_books Property records. British crown "owns" all land in England. Records of use were very good
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@anderscj @irasocol @jerridkruse - Not an ipad or kindle in sight in those early modern english schools!School Library Exch.
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@irasocol @anderscj my english history studies come flooding back!School Library Exch.
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"The invention of what is called a curriculum was a logical step toward organizing, limiting, and discriminating am... http://tl.gd/8uh9koanderscj
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"Information has become a form of garbage, not only incapable of answering the most fundamental human questions but... http://tl.gd/8uhekkanderscj
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This quote from Postman, I believe, is applicable to what we are seeing today in Wisconsin http://tl.gd/8u7i4vanderscj
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"But the historic Luddites were neither childish nor naive. They were people trying desperately to preserve whatever rights, privileged, laws, and customs had given them justice in the older world-view." Postman
And this one shines light on Egypt, Tunisia, & Lybia: "In a technocracy, inherited royalty is both irrelevant and absurd." Postmananderscj
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Actually, I think these two quotes were from the previous chapter, they just showed up in my Twitter stream after the ch4 quotes.
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