I thought about the internet Dave, as I was reading Postman's diatribe and he gives it no mention at all. His book was written in 1985, so the internet was nothing but a gleam in daddy-nerd's eye.
But the internet doesn't obviate the model he lays out, in fact it confirms and offers a bit of hope, in my view, of ameliorating the top-down programming effects of mass tv consumption. But honestly, I had more hope earlier in the development of the 'net, than I do today. As it's developed, we've got millions twittering the doin's of hollywood and about six people doing metaphysics. Ok, an exaggeration. But hopefully you get my point. On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:51 PM, David Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > On 2/9/10 3:14 PM, "John Carl" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > television is nothing less than a philosophy of rhetoric. > > And the internet is not? > > Oh, I get it; life is the philosophy of rhetoric. > Quality rhetoric of course :-o > > Dave > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
