16 February 2010
Fear the Printing Press!
Vaughan Bell at Slate explores how society tends to always fear the latest technology, and how our media goes into panicked hyperbole whenever a new tech permeates into our culture - something to keep in mind when you hear all the blather about how xbox/cellphones/facebook/etc are killing society, culture, and the brains of our children.The older generation warns against a new technology and bemoans that society is abandoning the "wholesome" media it grew up with, seemingly unaware that this same technology was considered to be harmful when first introduced.
http://www.slate.com/id/2244198/
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