TV serves us most usefully when presenting junk-entertainment; it serves us most ill when it co-opts serious modes of discourse - news, politics, science, education, commerce, religion. Neil Postman commercediscourseeducation Change image and share on social
At its best, schooling can be about how to make a life, which is quite different from how to make a living. Neil Postman lifelivemake Change image and share on social
When two human beings get together, they're co-present, there is built into it a certain responsibility we have for each other, and when people are co-present in family relationships and other relationships, that responsibility is there. You can't just turn off a person. On the Internet, you can. Neil Postman beingbuildfamily share on social