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> [“It is a truism today, in this highly technologically-developed culture, that students need technical computer skills. Equally truistic (and, not incidentally, true) is that the workplace has become highly technological. Even more truistic – and far more disturbing – are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/it-is-a-truism-today-in-this-highly-technologically-developed-culture/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

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## More by Peter K. Fallon

> [“Trayvon Martin’s killing touches on something universal. His death ought to make us look at ourselves and be honest: we need to realize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/trayvon-martin-s-killing-touches-on-something-universal-his-death/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“Media are really nothing more than extensions of us. It is we, not the media, who are metaphysical. Metaphysics is part and parcel of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/media-are-really-nothing-more-than-extensions-of-us-it-is-we-not-the/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“None of this is ever going to change until each of us changes. The change has to come from us, and the object of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/none-of-this-is-ever-going-to-change-until-each-of-us-changes-the/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“I see no real evolution in media ecology beyond the “shape shifting” nature that seems to have been deliberately embedded in its fabric. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/i-see-no-real-evolution-in-media-ecology-beyond-the-shape-shifting/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“Reality never changes. It is our attitudes about reality that change.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/reality-never-changes-it-is-our-attitudes-about-reality-that-change/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“It was only after oral tales became written orthodoxies that some people were labeled “pagans” and “heretics” and burned at the stake for unorthodox…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/it-was-only-after-oral-tales-became-written-orthodoxies-that-some/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“Understanding media alone will not bring about a better world (the Kingdom of God?), but ought to be the foundation of good works that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/understanding-media-alone-will-not-bring-about-a-better-world-the/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“But what has changed? The truth is that nothing changes...It is we who have changed, we who are beguiled by technological change, we who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/but-what-has-changed-the-truth-is-that-nothing-changes-it-is-we-who/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“Media are epistemologies. Every medium implies a particular way of thinking about things, influences to great extent what things we will think about, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/media-are-epistemologies-every-medium-implies-a-particular-way-of/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“The changeover from one medium to another presents both opportunities and challenges. New technologies empower us, to be sure; but never without some cost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/the-changeover-from-one-medium-to-another-presents-both-opportunities/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“All that is really necessary to hate someone is not to give a shit about what happens to him. And when we don’t give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/all-that-is-really-necessary-to-hate-someone-is-not-to-give-a-shit/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“My advice to people who want to teach is pretty simple and very likely to be ridiculed: don’t believe the bullshit. You’re not there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/my-advice-to-people-who-want-to-teach-is-pretty-simple-and-very/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“It is a truism today, in this highly technologically-developed culture, that students need technical computer skills. Equally truistic (and, not incidentally, true) is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/it-is-a-truism-today-in-this-highly-technologically-developed-culture/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“What makes a good teacher today is what has always made a good teacher: command of a subject, a critical mind, a demanding nature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/what-makes-a-good-teacher-today-is-what-has-always-made-a-good/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

> [“The way I see it, we're all either Trayvon Martin or we're George Zimmerman. The choice is ours. There's no in-between.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-k-fallon/the-way-i-see-it-we-re-all-either-trayvon-martin-or-we-re-george/)

[Peter K. Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-k-fallon/)

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