neil postman

[SF & P Webb]

"If children die of starvation in Ethiopia, does it occur because of a lack of information?" he asked a 1990 convention of computer scientists. "Does racism in South Africa exist because of a lack of information? The computer and its information cannot answer any of the fundamental questions we need to address to make our lives more meaningful and humane."

Neil Postman, academic and media critic, born March 8 1931; died October 5 2003

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