Comments on: The Information Highway: More Like a Roller Coaster http://pjmedia.com/blog/information-at-the-speed-of-thought/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:40:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: palookaville http://pjmedia.com/blog/information-at-the-speed-of-thought/#comment-239967 palookaville Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:59:53 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=52341#comment-239967 The British Are Coming / The British Are Coming , now it's to late , you getwhat you as k for . The British Are Coming / The British Are Coming , now it’s to late , you getwhat you as k for .

]]> By: Class Clown http://pjmedia.com/blog/information-at-the-speed-of-thought/#comment-238951 Class Clown Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:17:47 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=52341#comment-238951 sorry. Only the title was supposed to be bold in that. Gotta work on my HTML tagging skills. sorry. Only the title was supposed to be bold in that. Gotta work on my HTML tagging skills.

]]> By: Class Clown http://pjmedia.com/blog/information-at-the-speed-of-thought/#comment-238950 Class Clown Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:17:02 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=52341#comment-238950 Very good article. Even more trenchant and disturbing that Neil Postman's book (which is excellent), is <b>Mediated: How the Media Shapes Our World and the Way We Live in It<b> by Thomas de Zengotita. He focuses on the effects of living in a society in which all information comes to any of us only through intermediaries, and how few people even stop to ever think about that. Very good article.

Even more trenchant and disturbing that Neil Postman’s book (which is excellent), is Mediated: How the Media Shapes Our World and the Way We Live in It by Thomas de Zengotita. He focuses on the effects of living in a society in which all information comes to any of us only through intermediaries, and how few people even stop to ever think about that.

]]> By: Bonner http://pjmedia.com/blog/information-at-the-speed-of-thought/#comment-238636 Bonner Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:54:27 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=52341#comment-238636 Good stuff here. It's scary how we allow ourselves to be led by another (or by an "it" in the case of technology). I like the phrase "unchecked immediacy" - for there is something wrong with seeing everything as it happens. I want an open society, but I want an ethical norm as well. Good stuff here. It’s scary how we allow ourselves to be led by another (or by an “it” in the case of technology).

I like the phrase “unchecked immediacy” – for there is something wrong with seeing everything as it happens. I want an open society, but I want an ethical norm as well.

]]> By: Robert http://pjmedia.com/blog/information-at-the-speed-of-thought/#comment-238476 Robert Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:12:14 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=52341#comment-238476 We are indeed led by our technologies, which is as much a reflection on our disdain for education as our mindless flight through this life. The use of Neil Postman is surperb, for it was he that pointed to the benefit people received from spending time in books instead of news and entertainment. We are indeed led by our technologies, which is as much a reflection on our disdain for education as our mindless flight through this life. The use of Neil Postman is surperb, for it was he that pointed to the benefit people received from spending time in books instead of news and entertainment.

]]> By: Debra http://pjmedia.com/blog/information-at-the-speed-of-thought/#comment-238432 Debra Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:21:09 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=52341#comment-238432 This is well worded. I've had concerns about the encroaching nature of today's media but not such as I could express this clearly. Very nice article. This is well worded. I’ve had concerns about the encroaching nature of today’s media but not such as I could express this clearly. Very nice article.

]]> By: William http://pjmedia.com/blog/information-at-the-speed-of-thought/#comment-238403 William Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:46:25 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=52341#comment-238403 I am afraid Hawkins is very accurate in his assessment that the generation Reagan feared would take our freedom will do so with a speed unimaginable. Technology is not a bad thing, but the bad use of technology is. And I fear the "unchecked immediacy" Hawkins describes has been used to put us in a place where we're be easily tricked into trading all that our Founding Fathers held dear for the chance to be globally relevant. I am afraid Hawkins is very accurate in his assessment that the generation Reagan feared would take our freedom will do so with a speed unimaginable. Technology is not a bad thing, but the bad use of technology is. And I fear the “unchecked immediacy” Hawkins describes has been used to put us in a place where we’re be easily tricked into trading all that our Founding Fathers held dear for the chance to be globally relevant.

]]> By: Christopher http://pjmedia.com/blog/information-at-the-speed-of-thought/#comment-238349 Christopher Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:18:51 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=52341#comment-238349 I know that when I watch the news, if I do so for two or three days in a row, I find myself pulled into a vortex where I want to keep watching to stay up to speed. The problem is that there's rarely anything to stay up to speed with: they're just repackaging old news in a new way or showing a shooting in Ohio that I'm supposed to view as a threat to me in Arizona. I know that when I watch the news, if I do so for two or three days in a row, I find myself pulled into a vortex where I want to keep watching to stay up to speed. The problem is that there’s rarely anything to stay up to speed with: they’re just repackaging old news in a new way or showing a shooting in Ohio that I’m supposed to view as a threat to me in Arizona.

]]> By: JB http://pjmedia.com/blog/information-at-the-speed-of-thought/#comment-238346 JB Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:16:15 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=52341#comment-238346 This is why I don't watch the news. They try to suck you in as if it's a sitcom. It truly is a media event moreso than the simply delivery of news. This is why I don’t watch the news. They try to suck you in as if it’s a sitcom. It truly is a media event moreso than the simply delivery of news.

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