While listening to the interview that Neil Postman gave to Calvin College, I was able to relate things that he was discussing in the interview that he was sharing in chapter one of his book "Amusing Ourselves To Death". The first example that I was able to relate to the book was how Neil was discussing how much people were believing that cloning was going to be a big part of our 21st century. As he was discussing this topic he put emphasis on how people made people believe that it was going to be a big deal. People were cloning sheep or frogs. This lead to people believing that we were going to be able to clone humans and use their clone's human parts as reliable organs if one was going to need an extra. I could relate this towards the book because in chapter one neil shows how people were making the "news of the day" a big deal. People were making others believe that a certain subject was of importance by advertising and making a scene over it to make it a medium. People made the news of the day of importance by so many people believing that it was important just like the people believing that cloning was so important. The second example from the interview that I was able to relate towards the book was how the author the book "Being Digital" said how as a society we are able to adapt to our technological future. Through out the whole chapter the book explains how we are transitioning from our age of typography to our age of television. Specifically on page 13 near the end and top of page 14, Neil discuses how we are making a vast and trembling shift from writing to use of electronics. That our old ways of life may not serve us as well during the present, thus we must change our nature to find new ways that will best serve us. As a result, Neil relates his interview with the book by being congruent with his message that we are able to adapt to new ways of life that will serve our society in a positive way.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
NEIL POSTMAN
While listening to the interview that Neil Postman gave to Calvin College, I was able to relate things that he was discussing in the interview that he was sharing in chapter one of his book "Amusing Ourselves To Death". The first example that I was able to relate to the book was how Neil was discussing how much people were believing that cloning was going to be a big part of our 21st century. As he was discussing this topic he put emphasis on how people made people believe that it was going to be a big deal. People were cloning sheep or frogs. This lead to people believing that we were going to be able to clone humans and use their clone's human parts as reliable organs if one was going to need an extra. I could relate this towards the book because in chapter one neil shows how people were making the "news of the day" a big deal. People were making others believe that a certain subject was of importance by advertising and making a scene over it to make it a medium. People made the news of the day of importance by so many people believing that it was important just like the people believing that cloning was so important. The second example from the interview that I was able to relate towards the book was how the author the book "Being Digital" said how as a society we are able to adapt to our technological future. Through out the whole chapter the book explains how we are transitioning from our age of typography to our age of television. Specifically on page 13 near the end and top of page 14, Neil discuses how we are making a vast and trembling shift from writing to use of electronics. That our old ways of life may not serve us as well during the present, thus we must change our nature to find new ways that will best serve us. As a result, Neil relates his interview with the book by being congruent with his message that we are able to adapt to new ways of life that will serve our society in a positive way.
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