Technology and Society by Neil Postman 1/7

Hallo co-enraged,

I just want to bring you some of anticonsumer`s censored videos back...

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=P...

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  News & Politics

[Christopher Raum]

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.

[meltzerboy]

This talk by Postman is based on Huxley's prophecy in "Brave New World" that humans will come to welcome and love the technology that eventually destroys their human cognitive and emotional processes. This is different from Orwell's world vision in "1984," in which environmental forces come to exert a controlling power and influence on our thoughts and emotions against our will. There appears to be some truth to Postman's argument; certainly it offers us food for thought, if we can still think.

[ThaGodWeCreate]

thatsa beautiful thing to say...im pretty poor myself but i appreciate things that money can't buy which really are so much more important. money is money and money problems are just money problems fuck it in tha end u dont keep any of it anyway...life goes on. people need to look up and see tha world for what it really is, beyond tha materialism and this fake flashy world they've created...literally smell tha roses..watch a sunset..connect with nature..with mankind..live..love...peace

[Kimalee Borgert]

Are the poor really more unhappy than the middle class or the rich? My opinion is that it all depends on the totality of the person as regards to how positive their viewpoints of themselves and life is. I'm poor, and I am happy. Do I want to stay poor - no because I frequently have financial worries in between happy moments when I've chosen to forget about what it is I don't have.

[ThaGodWeCreate]

how is a youtube account basically all of tha above...please explain cuz it's lookin like you have no idea what your talking about. i'd love to know how youtube is like a plane or an atm card...please i have to hear your answer if you can make one up again

[Hunter Sedgwick]

but you've got a youtube account! which is basically all of the above. Brilliant

[ThaGodWeCreate]

actually i am.......an alcoholic. lol j/k

[TheBoboy1985]

no one to care about?what are u then?.zombie?hehe

[ThaGodWeCreate]

oh and no gov benefits...when i need a dollar, i earn a dollar. If I cant earn it, ill trade for it. If I cant trade for it, ill sell for it. If I cant sell for it, Ill take it. And if i cant take a dollar...ill just steal tha damn dutch

[ThaGodWeCreate]

i never had a facebook or tweeted, i dont check my email, i dont have a smart phone, ive never been on a plane, ive never used an atm card, ive never written a check, i do not have a bank account, i do not have a job, i have very little money, no car, no house, no wife and no children...and...NO WORRIES!

[ThaGodWeCreate]

reality is definately a mix of both huxley and orwell...but more importantly...darwin

[Thomas Wendel]

People often don't choose what's good for them, lowrad. They're giving up freedom and the ability to think in exchange for amusement and triviality. If one person does that, it's a choice. When the majority does it, that restricts choice. Skepticism is healthy and criticizing bad choices is legitimate public discourse.