Thanks for the reading...enjoyed all the ideas and insertions along the way!
I was going to mention Marshall McLuhan...and then you mentioned him.
I purchased the "Book of Probes", and as a designer, I found it fascinating to include many of his [in]famous quotes with David Carson's photos/images. The book is now almost $500.00 on Amazon, and I know I didn't pay that much for it twenty years ago. Wow.
Your connection of work focus/details to reading printed material is spot-on. It shouldn’t be brain surgery on why millennials, zoomers and those who grew up in the digital age can't focus as well as well as all the things people consume that damage bodies and brains. I'm always jaw-dropped when people say that don't read or like to.
I'm always reading and much of it is medical and health-related but also ancient history and other topics that are always relevant. I've only run into a few people that I can tell do the reading and their own homework and research as our conversations go on and on.
I have a neighbor that home-schools their children and while not perfect, their children are more articulate in their words, address their peers/adults with more respect, and are overall good citizens of the world. I thank her every time I see for having disciplined children that do read printed materials and don't have phones. It matters and makes a difference.
Thanks for your time!
P.s. Have you seen the movie, "Quiz Show"? I think you'd enjoy it...especially the ending lines.
Neil Postman's "Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images" is inevitable since knowledge is freely available at one's fingertips. The principle behind this is that if something is free, it is in poor taste to talk about it.
You articulated it better than I. In my immediate IRL social context, I generally just hear decontextualized information and then wonder why I’m there. It’s downright painful to hear basically nothing, and yet in so many words. This is why the meme is indicative of collective shallowness - it says nothing. And I keep telling people that reading the news doesn’t mean you’re informed, just entertained.
the timezone doesn’t work for me but i’m curious to know if the title of the live is referencing the book “amusing ourselves to death”… or is it a coincidence? all the best for the livestream!
Thanks for the reading...enjoyed all the ideas and insertions along the way!
I was going to mention Marshall McLuhan...and then you mentioned him.
I purchased the "Book of Probes", and as a designer, I found it fascinating to include many of his [in]famous quotes with David Carson's photos/images. The book is now almost $500.00 on Amazon, and I know I didn't pay that much for it twenty years ago. Wow.
Your connection of work focus/details to reading printed material is spot-on. It shouldn’t be brain surgery on why millennials, zoomers and those who grew up in the digital age can't focus as well as well as all the things people consume that damage bodies and brains. I'm always jaw-dropped when people say that don't read or like to.
I'm always reading and much of it is medical and health-related but also ancient history and other topics that are always relevant. I've only run into a few people that I can tell do the reading and their own homework and research as our conversations go on and on.
I have a neighbor that home-schools their children and while not perfect, their children are more articulate in their words, address their peers/adults with more respect, and are overall good citizens of the world. I thank her every time I see for having disciplined children that do read printed materials and don't have phones. It matters and makes a difference.
Thanks for your time!
P.s. Have you seen the movie, "Quiz Show"? I think you'd enjoy it...especially the ending lines.
I look forward to listening to this, and your further thoughts on BNW and Lasch. Might I recommend C.S. Lewis' Abolition of Man, as well? A quote:
“What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.”
I have been meaning to read C.S. Lewis so thanks for the reminder.
Neil Postman's "Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images" is inevitable since knowledge is freely available at one's fingertips. The principle behind this is that if something is free, it is in poor taste to talk about it.
You articulated it better than I. In my immediate IRL social context, I generally just hear decontextualized information and then wonder why I’m there. It’s downright painful to hear basically nothing, and yet in so many words. This is why the meme is indicative of collective shallowness - it says nothing. And I keep telling people that reading the news doesn’t mean you’re informed, just entertained.
the timezone doesn’t work for me but i’m curious to know if the title of the live is referencing the book “amusing ourselves to death”… or is it a coincidence? all the best for the livestream!
It’s about the book :) a close reading with explanation/interpretation.