Technology and Society by Neil Postman 1/7

todnyc Says:

Jan 22, 2008 - what do you actually mean by "hollowing us out"? i read Postman's polemic against television and he was really against THAT... but how much BETTER was life BEFORE television? it's really such pathetic on his part, because as you can see, some 1,700 people (viewers of this video) have been exposed to his message--THANKS to YouTube. i wonder if he was also against cars, toasters, and lightbulbs too.

scoliosispony Says:

Jan 23, 2008 - It's not w/o benefit. It's very ironic I heard about him on youtube. By hollowing us out I mean that we trade real human interaction for dumbed down forms of communication that don't allow the same level of intimacy and I've noticed a lot of the time trying now to have real conversation about real things with people has become increasingly difficult. Like think of th consideration of thought one puts into a letter vs. an email.

scoliosispony Says:

Jan 23, 2008 - ...Or how much you used to cherish a conversation with a distant friend when you couldn't so easily reach them by various electronic means. Even right now I found myself editing this response before deciding to split it into too b/c of this shitty techno filter

emceescher Says:

Apr 21, 2008 - todnyc, you obviously think life sucked back then, but it was better was environmentally. That's scientifically clear. Obviously cars and CO2 are a huge factor, but so is consumerism in general, which cars play multiple roles in. I think TV hugely increased consumerism - specifically demand, supply, extraction, pollution, and waste. I think environmentally, let alone culturally, socially, etc... we'd have been better off without TV.

emceescher Says:

Apr 21, 2008 - Admittedly, I don't have the statistics in front of me that say "TV increased consumerism", so its an educated guess. In regards to the Internet, there are tons of downsides: increase in consumerism (my guess), all the pollution/resource usage related to CPU production, usage and waste, and of course the whole societal side that scoliosispony mentioned, that we in our "jacked-in" culture don't even consider, mostly. I'm just pointing out the negatives because you didn't think there were any.

emceescher Says:

Apr 21, 2008 - I write letters all the time and they have actually helped salvage my relationship with my extended family. I find they create more meaningful interactions. Not to mention that my grandparents and aunts/uncles etc don't have email! lol.

emceescher Says:

Apr 21, 2008 - What I'm saying is that it means a lot more to them than the ten minute phone call to a relative I haven't talked to for five years.

todnyc Says:

Apr 21, 2008 - i still don't.

emceescher Says:

May 13, 2008 - Well I just mentioned them so if you dont see them you must not be able to see my post.

ForGodAlone Says:

Sep 1, 2008 - The cloning of humans and keeping them guarded and well and then using their parts when we need them was the story behind the movie called THE ISLAND with Ewan McGregor, several years ago. As usual, Hollywood scenarios are never in the realm of impossibilities.

nowayasway89 Says:

Nov 7, 2008 - When Tzu Kung went south to the Ch'u State on his way back to the Chin State, he passed through Han-yin. There he saw an old man engaged in making a ditch to connect his vegetable garden with a well. He had a pitcher in his hand, with which he was bringing up water and pouring it into a ditch, ‹ great labour with very little result.

nowayasway89 Says:

Nov 7, 2008 - 'If you had a machine here', cried Tzu Kung, 'in a day you could irrigate a hundred times your present area. The labour required is trifling as compared with the work done. Would you not like to have one?'

nowayasway89 Says:

Nov 7, 2008 - 'What is it?' asked the gardener. 'It is a contrivance made of wood', replied Tzu Kung, 'heavy behind and light in front. It draws up water as you do with your hands, but in a constantly overflowing stream. It is called a well-sweep.'

nowayasway89 Says:

Nov 7, 2008 - Thereupon the gardener flushed up and said, 'I have heard from my teacher that those who have cunning implements are cunning in their dealings, and that those who are cunning in their dealings have cunning in their hearts, and that those who have cunning in their hearts cannot be pure and incorrupt,

nowayasway89 Says:

Nov 7, 2008 - and that those who are not pure and incorrupt are restless in spirit, and that those who are restless in spirit are not vehicles for Tao. It is not that I do not know of these things. I should be ashamed to use them.'

nowayasway89 Says:

Nov 7, 2008 - At this Tzu Kung was much abashed, and said nothing. story goes from bottom to top

Dougeroma Says:

Feb 8, 2009 - For a cinematic representation of the cloning business, see the movie "The Island".

made3057 Says:

May 14, 2009 - We are ready to keep up his spirit and sharing his concerns which is based on genetic research of human behaviour... Thank you for your personal commitment to our project. Best wishes from "United World Philharmonic"

ThFranke Says:

Jul 18, 2009 - Thank you for this video, Postman is great, I like this guy and his way of thinking. I think he is right, simply because he is able to ask the right questions. They remain right, even if the situation changes. Internet is a great achievement - but only for those, who can use it. Information is accessible only for those, who learned about the value of knowledge and who know what to search for.

lowrad Says:

Aug 17, 2009 - This fellow brings a number of important ideas to the table, but the comments... Man, most of you think you know what's good for people more than they do. I suspect many of you sniff your own f@rts out of a wine glass.

ivionday Says:

Aug 22, 2009 - Tired rant

isaacharvey Says:

Aug 26, 2009 - hahaha

bdk1234567 Says:

Oct 16, 2009 - I thought about that when he mentioned the idea of keeping a spare person for spare parts, as it were. I presume the story got its idea from Postman, or wherever the idea originated if not from him. As a side note... that was a really bad movie. LOL.

martr164 Says:

Oct 21, 2009 - I think this is great.

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