Mumford would say we're identity-makers (views of ourselves) and ontology-makers (views the world). How do technologies help us do that, especially considering Postman's point (citing McLuhan, among others), that technologies are "ideological"?
Loren is a Sociology Professor at Centenary College. His research is about how everyday social interaction is therapeutic--both for individuals and their communities, and how the way we we live can affect that. He teaches "Society and Technology," "Urban Sociology," and "Race and Ethnicity."
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