A speech by Neil Postman discussing how computer technology redistributes power and how 'winners' convince 'losers' to embrace technology that may not serve their interests.
"Should the losers grow skeptical, the winners dazzle them with the wondrous feats of computers, many of which have only marginal relevance to the quality of the losers' lives but which are nonetheless impressive. Eventually, the losers succumb, in part because they believe that the specialized knowl"