A Metaphor Is Not An Ornament. It

The Idea Of Taking What People Call The 'entertainment Culture' As A Focus Of Study, Including Historical Perspective, Is Not A Bad Idea.

What Orwell Feared Were Those Who Would Ban Books. What Huxley Feared Was That There Would Be No Reason To Ban A Book, For There Would Be No One Who Wanted To Read One. Orwell Feared Those Who Would Deprive Us Of Information. Huxley Feared Those Who Would Give Us So Much That We Would Be Reduced To Passivity And Egoism. Orwell Feared That The Truth Would Be Concealed From Us. Huxley Feared The Truth Would Be Drowned In A Sea Of Irrelevance.

If Students Get A Sound Education In The History, Social Effects And Psychological Biases Of Technology, They May Grow To Be Adults Who Use Technology Rather Than Be Used By It.

People Of A Television Culture Need “plain Language” Both Aurally And Visually, And Will Even Go So Far As To Require It In Some Circumstances By Law. The Gettysburg Address Would Probably Have Been Largely Incomprehensible To A 1985 Audience.

People In Distress Will Sometimes Prefer A Problem That Is Familiar To A Solution That Is Not.