tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post3965678293035867068..comments2024-02-25T05:24:24.948-05:00Comments on Beyond Easy: Zombies for SalePatrick Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-58413639033904683142012-07-03T20:17:03.133-04:002012-07-03T20:17:03.133-04:00You're very welcome!You're very welcome!Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-24473936521048007612012-07-03T20:16:47.395-04:002012-07-03T20:16:47.395-04:00I wear my sunglasses at night, so I can, so I can....I wear my sunglasses at night, so I can, so I can...<br /><br />Does <i>anyone</i> actually know how the rest of that goes?Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-3888945661737174172012-07-03T20:15:37.441-04:002012-07-03T20:15:37.441-04:00I need to read that Postman book. I've read a ...I need to read that Postman book. I've read a lot of stuff <i>about</i> it, but it might be time to hear it from the horse's mouth.<br /><br />And...yeah, I guess I'll also have to listen to what Mr. Blow has to say. Thanks for pointing it out!Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-76494467129018395372012-06-29T21:03:37.712-04:002012-06-29T21:03:37.712-04:00"'Yeah, well. What do you expect? People ..."'Yeah, well. What do you expect? People are stupid.'<br /><br />No! Shut up! They don't have to be. But we build them that way, and so they are."<br /><br />I'd like to thank you a thousand times for just this one bit. What you're saying couldn't be more true, and I'm sick of people dismissing all kinds of idiocy with a simple: "people just are stupid, deal with it." It doesn't have to be that way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-81900712306484141442012-06-28T20:03:49.751-04:002012-06-28T20:03:49.751-04:00Future's so bright, we gotta wear shades.Future's so bright, we gotta wear shades.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09978690269819333834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-53726834063147964962012-06-28T15:45:25.294-04:002012-06-28T15:45:25.294-04:00This is part of why I found "The Question of ...This is part of why I found "The Question of Control" so disturbing. Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" points out that "What's wrong with entertainment?" is not a rhetorical question. Industrialized, psychologically tuned entertainment not only sways opinion, but also conditions discourse to be amusing.<br /><br />Postman's book is as old as I am (1985), but despite a blip with the text-heavy early web I think he saw things pretty clearly.<br /><br />Jon Blow has made similar remarks specifically about video games:<br /><br />http://edtech.rice.edu/www/?option=com_iwebcast&action=details&event=2349Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698007221193857147noreply@blogger.com