All Neil Postman Quotes
- Television is altering the meaning of 'being informed' by creating a species of information that might properly be called disinformation. Disinformation does not mean false… Altering
- The reader must come armed , in a serious state of intellectual readiness. This is not easy because he comes to the text alone. In… Abstractions
- Remember: in order for a perception to change one must be frustrated in one's actions or change one's purpose. Action
- Television screens saturated with commercials promote the utopian and childish idea that all problems have fast, simple, and technological solutions. You must banish from your… All
- For in the end, he was trying to tell us what afflicted the people in 'Brave New World' was not that they were laughing instead… Afflicted
- But it is much later in the game now, and ignorance of the score is inexcusable. To be unaware that a technology comes equipped with… Assumption
- When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form… Act
- ...there must be a sequence to learning, that perseverance and a certain measure of perspiration are indispensable, that individual pleasures must frequently be submerged in… Certain
- We do not measure a culture by its output of undisguised trivialities but by what it claims as significant. Claims
- People of a television culture need “plain language†both aurally and visually, and will even go so far as to require it in some circumstances… Address
- I do not mean to imply that television news deliberately aims to deprive Americans of a coherent, contextual understanding of their world. I mean to… Aim
- Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions;… Americans
- The written word endures, the spoken word disappears Disappear
- If politics is like show business, then the idea is not to pursue excellence, clarity or honesty but to appear as if you are, which… Altogether
- Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. From a biological point of view it is inconceivable that any… Any
- Once you have learned to ask questions - relevant and appropriate and substantial questions - you have learned how to learn and no one can… Appropriate