Inspired by the countless references by Neil Postman and others I have decided to read Huxley's (1932) Brave New World . I've actua...

The Loving Resistance Fighter "Can a nation preserve its history, originality, and humanity by submitting itself totally to the sover...

The Great Symbol Drain "One picture,we are told, is worth a thousand words. But a thousand pictures, especially if they are of the sa...

Scientism "The quest to understand human behavior and feeling can in no sense except the most trivial be called science." Postma...

Invisible Technologies "our most powerful ideological instrument is the technology of language itself. Language is pure ideology....

The Ideology of Machine: Computer Technology "when the word 'computer' is used without a modifier before it, it normally refe...

The Ideology of Machines: Medical Technology "As for intelligence tests, they not only survive but flourish, and have been supplement...

The Broken Defenses "When the supply of information is no longer controllable, a general breakdown in psychic tranquility and social ...

The Improbable World "the world we live in is nearly incomprehensible to most of us. There is almost mo fact, whether actual or imagi...