![]() ![]() Neil Postman earned himself an astonishing reputation through the years criticizing new technologies as they could “ never substitute for human values“, which he distributed in 18 books and hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. In his further career, Postman became professor and chairman of the Department of Culture and Communication. In 1976, he designed a television series for CBS in which he imparted knowledge to students. ![]() A few years later, he began teaching at the New York University (NYU) and founded a graduate program in media ecology. He graduated at the State University of New York in 1953, followed by receiving a master’s degree from Columbia University in 1955, and an Ed.D (doctor of education) degree in 1958. Neil Postman was born in New York City and spent there almost all of his lifetime. Neil Postman, Ch1: Amusing Ourselves to Death, p. “Writing freezes speech and in so doing gives birth to the grammarian, the logician, the rhetorician, the historian, the scientist - all those who must hold language before them so that they can see what it means, where it errs, and where it is leading.” By the time I was an undergraduate student of computer science, his famous book Amusing Ourselves to Death was brand new and subject of our course “Computer and Society”. He is best known for his works criticizing the increase of the role of technology in every human’s life not seeing the dangerous side effects. On March 8, 1931, media theorist, author, and cultural critic Neil Postman was born. Neil Postman (8 March 1931 – 5 October 2003)
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