Summary of College Lecture Series - Neil Postman - "The Surrender of Culture to Technology"

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In this lecture, Neil Postman discusses the effects of technology on society. He suggests that it is important to consider the potential costs and benefits of a technology before implementing it. He also suggests that we ask whose problem a technology is solving.

  • 00:00:00 Neil Postman, a prominent communication theorist, is speaking about the social consequences of technology. He says that in the next four years, society will reach a new millennium. He provides some good advice on how to confront the millennium.
  • 00:05:00 Neil Postman, in this lecture, discusses how technology can affect a culture, and how it can be used for good or bad purposes. He offers seven questions about technology, which can help us understand how it affects our social institutions.
  • 00:10:00 Neil Postman discusses how different technologies have differing agendas and how this can affect the way people use them. He also discusses his own anti-technology reputation and why he has good reasons for it.
  • 00:15:00 Neil Postman discusses the problem of technology and how it can be used for good or bad. He argues that it is important to ask questions about the proposed uses of new technologies before investing in them.
  • 00:20:00 Neil Postman gives a lecture on the surrender of culture to technology. He explains how new technology often does not increase people's options, and how this problem needs to be considered when investing in new technology. He also suggests that we ask whose problem a technology is solving.
  • 00:25:00 The speaker discusses the effects of technology on society, focusing on the Luddite movement. He suggests that it is important to consider the potential costs and benefits of a technology before implementing it.
  • 00:30:00 Governor Parris Glendening of Maryland announced that all public schools in the state will be connected to the Internet by the end of the year. The initiative has been met with mixed reviews by national analysts, who have studied computer use in schools, but Governor Glendening is optimistic about the benefits.
  • 00:35:00 In this lecture, Neil Postman discusses how new technologies, such as computers and the Internet, have changed the way we communicate. He points out that language will always be an important medium, and that when new meanings arise and old ones are lost, it is a sign of progress. He also mentions how television has changed the meaning of the phrase "political debate," and how emailing is not really a form of communication.
  • 00:40:00 Neil Postman discusses the potential for televisual debates to replace traditional oral debates in politics. He argues that the increased accessibility of technology allows for direct democracy, but that it has its own risks.
  • 00:45:00 Neil Postman discusses the effects of technology on culture, and how media entrepreneurs can use technology to create new and original uses for it. He also points out that not everything with a new medium must be used for advertising or entertainment purposes.
  • 00:50:00 Neil Postman discusses the complex relationship between technology and culture, and how schools must play a role in preparing citizens for the future.
  • 00:55:00 Neil Postman discusses how life will change for those who do not fit into the new technological world. He notes that one has to make concessions in order to accommodate the new way of life.

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In this lecture, Neil Postman discusses the implications of technology on culture. He argues that the computer has led to a "worldview" that is focused on getting more information, instead of solving problems. He urges educators to focus on teaching students in the context of information scarcity, and points out that the trend of information overload is not new.

  • 01:00:00 Neil Postman discusses how technology can be both a blessing and a curse, and how the average person is largely unaware of the potential risks. He discusses how the computer has changed the way Americans communicate, and how the average person is largely unprepared for the implications of this change.
  • 01:05:00 Neil Postman argues that the focus on technology in schools has resulted in many people being "skilled in using computer technology without any help whatsoever from the schools," but that this is not a good thing. He suggests that kids should be taught how to read, write, and speak, and that it is easy to pursue any career in America if you have these skills.
  • 01:10:00 Neil Postman discusses how computer technology has led to a "worldview" that focuses on getting more information, instead of solving problems. He argues that this is a distraction from more important issues, and points to examples of how this has led to problems in the past.
  • 01:15:00 In this lecture, Neil Postman discusses how technology has led to a loss of culture in favor of technology. He argues that this trend has been reversed in the early 19th century, but that we are now facing a new problem of information glut. He urges educators to focus on educating students in the context of information scarcity, and points out that the trend of information overload is not new.
  • 01:20:00 Neil Postman speaks about the effects of technology on culture, and how people are starting to question its effects. He is optimistic about the future of American culture, and believes that people are beginning to ask critical questions about technology.
  • 01:25:00 Dr. Neil Postman will be giving a lecture on "The Surrender of Culture to Technology" in the lobby of the building. Copies of his books are available for purchase.

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