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totablebanjo | 2 years ago

“Television, he always said, is inhuman to children because it gives them answers to questions they never asked. It did this for purposes of control.” From the article - Wow

If you don’t give them the answer they might have a moment where they discover something on their own.

“There are children playing in the street who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.” J. Robert Oppenheimer (I read this quote today in the book, the medium is the massage, by McLuhan.)

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m463|2 years ago

lol, that quote reminds me of the FAQs that companies put on the website about their products. "uncomfortable" faqs are either not posted, or are answered very carefully (or non-answered).