Information consumption (Postman)
May 27th, 2006 | Published in Consumerism, Television, Quotes, Culture, Technology
Information must be moved and consumed continuously. That is the price to be paid for speed-of-light transmission. What the information may be is of no consequence, as long as it is attention-getting, and does not inhibit the flow of new information coming fast behind it.
–Neil Postman, Teaching as a Conserving Activity (1979), p. 82