Your Undivided Attention · The Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, Daniel Barcay and Aza Raskin

The Man Who Predicted the Downfall of Thinking

March 6, 2025·59 min·5 clips
Neil Postman's seven questions reveal what we should ask before adopting any new technology.
This episode explores Neil Postman's media ecology theories, discussing how technologies like TV and AI reshape democracy, attention, and culture. Guests Sean Illing and Lance Strait analyze Postman's critiques and his seven questions for evaluating technology's impact.

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A careful argument for why more information does not automatically mean better truth or clearer thinking.

Tristan uses Neil Postman and Aldous Huxley to make a clear point: some technologies do more than move information around, they can change how people think, connect, and decide what counts as knowledge.

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You want a framework for AI that starts with how technology changes us and does not rush.

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