... comment on the relation of technology to culture. The relation as he sees it is one in which culture is subservient to and controlled by both invisible (I.Q. scores, statistics, polling techniques) and visible (television, computers, automobiles) technologies. Technology, Postman admits, is a friend but mostly it is a dangerous enemy that intrudes into a culture, changing everything, while destroying the vital sources of our ... Loving Resistance Fighter" is essential in understanding the book. In Chapter 10 ("The Great Symbol Drain"), Postman discusses how the symbol drain is both a sy...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... comment on the relation of technology to culture. The relation as he sees it is one in which culture is subservient to and controlled by both invisible (I.Q. scores, statistics, polling techniques) and visible (television, computers, automobiles) technologies. Technology, Postman admits, is a friend but mostly it is a dangerous enemy that intrudes into a culture, changing everything, while destroying the vital sources of our ... Loving Resistance Fighter? is essential in understanding the book. In Chapter 10 (?The Great Symbol Drain?), Postman discusses how the symbol drain is both a sy...

• Word Count: 2084
• Approx Pages: 8