Neil Postman
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1931 – 2003
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Who was Neil Postman?
Neil Postman was an American author, media theorist and cultural critic, who is best known by the general public for his 1985 book about television, Amusing Ourselves to Death. For more than forty years, he was associated with New York University. Postman was a humanist, who believed that "new technology can never substitute for human values", though with a much stronger preference for faith and religious belief as evidenced by his book "Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology".
Famous Quotes:
- When we begin relying on the Internet for all of our news and information we will turn into a nation of zombies.
- Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1931
New York City - Also known as
- Postman
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- State University of New York at Fredonia
- Teachers College, Columbia University
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Oct 5, 2003
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on July 23, 2013
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