"Embedded in every technology there is a powerful……" — Neil Postman

Embedded in every technology there is a powerful idea, sometimes two or… - Neil Postman

"Embedded in every technology there is a powerful idea, sometimes two or three powerful ideas. Like language itself, a technology predisposes us to favor and value certain perspectives and accomplishments and to subordinate others. Every technology has a philosophy, which is given expression in how the technology makes people use their minds, in how it codifies the world, in which of our senses it amplifies, in which of our emotional and intellectual tendencies it disregards."

— Neil Postman

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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see… — Harold Brodkey
Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause. — Nathaniel Branden
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