Learning from Used Books
Used books, like the used and repair economies in general, call into question the value of production for production's sake.
Towards Technopoly: From Technocracy to Technopoly
The machinery of the new technocracy was most efficient when people were seen not as āchildren of God or even citizens but as consumersāthat is to say, as markets.ā
On Being a Rent-a-Friend
While there's a lot of science and technique that goes into good therapy, it's the therapeutic allianceāthe relationshipāthat's considered crucial to success.
Music & Melancholy
Music has a profound ability to shape our experience of the world.
Towards Technopoly: From Tools to Technocracy
Cultures, Postman says, can be divided into tool-using societies, technocracies, and finally, technopolies. Let's begin with tools.
Finding Myself in the Stacks
The shaping power of my little library goes beyond the suggestion to bury myself in Dostoevsky. The library is my life history collected across volumes; these are the ideas and stories that have formed me.
Attention in the Garden
Where Bake-Off took the venom out of cooking competitions, Gardenersā World forgoes any contest at all. Instead, viewers tune in to Monty Don, and other presenters and guests, as he offers practical gardening advice and radiates appreciation for the slow, quiet world of things that grow.
Buildings, Rooms, and Anton Ego
When youāre largely stuck indoors, even the building next door becomes special. And I see how this house blocks the sun, how it abuts the little walkway between our buildings that makes me feel cramped and unwelcome. No wonder I rarely step through here.
