EN 1700 Lecture Notes - Typography, Hide-And-Seek, Disinformation
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Lecture 17 postman: amusing ourselves to death feb 22. Beginning and end contrast two more vision of the future 1984, brave new. Thesis: in the us, there is no need to oppressive measures of 1984. Huxley: drowned in a sea of irrelevance. We will willingly surrender from a threat within, when not seen as one. The word of the printed word has been replaced by the televised word. You must be able to follow rational sequences. Books are organized, when you read it, you are internalizing those structures and how they work. Huxley: feared no one would want to read books. The world of the word is one which is very rational. The printed word and the press, model of rhetoric and discourse. From one side of the country to the other. News became national, less impact in local communities. Records the world, rather than comments on it. A peek-a- boo world"; the picture lacks context.
