Read it again

This article submitted by Matt Freeman on 11/21/97.

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Read it again

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I've read 14 of the comments listed here and I didn't see any that suggested a real understanding of what Postman is saying. Everyone seemed to assume that Postman simply doesn't like "technology" and then started free-associating from that point. Postman is saying, if he's saying anything, that technologies supplant their predecessors, that they change the way people view the world, and that they inevitably give with one hand and take away with the other. He's asking us to be aware of this process and minimize its harmful effects. Doesn't anyone know how to read anymore, for Christ's sake?

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