 | 9. Remember: It is more likely than not that as you get older you will get dumber. You cannot beat the Second Law of Thermodynamics, that is, the Law of Entropy, which suggests that everything in the universe tends to get disorganized , losing energy and structure, gradually becoming inert and useless. |
About Neil Postman : “Neil Postman (1931 — 2003) was an American critic and educator. Postman received his B.S. from the State University of New York at Fredonia and his M.A. and Ed.D. from Columbia University. He was the Paulette Goddard Chair of Media Ecology at New York University and chair of the Department of Culture and Communication.” More at his official web site.
The Media Ecology Association web site. A video of a lecture by Neil Postman on “media ecology”.
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