Two opposing world-views - the technological and the traditional - coexisted in uneasy tension. The technological was the stronger, of course, but the traditional was there - still functional, still exerting influence... (Neil Postman)

Two opposing world-views - the technological and the traditional - coexisted in uneasy tension. The technological was the stronger, of course, but the traditional was there - still functional, still exerting influence...

Neil Postman

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