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Neil Postman

American media critic, 1931 to 2003

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Wrote Amusing Ourselves to Death, arguing that television turns public life into entertainment, and warned against uncritical faith in technology.

Neil Postman sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly tech-cautious on technology, leaning traditional on culture and leaning libertarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on nation and institutions.

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Where Neil Postman sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsCentered on institutions
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Neil Postman

Tristan Harris Co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology97%Jaron Lanier American computer scientist and tech critic97%E. F. Schumacher German-British economist, 1911 to 197796%Michael Sandel American political philosopher96%Jacques Ellul French sociologist and Christian anarchist, 1912 to 199495%Hannah Arendt German-American political theorist, 1906 to 197595%Simone Weil French philosopher and activist, 1909 to 194395%Rachel Carson American marine biologist and author, 1907 to 196494%

People furthest from Neil Postman

Joseph Stalin Soviet leader, 1920s to 195312%Vladimir Lenin Head of the Soviet government, 1917 to 192413%Leon Trotsky Soviet revolutionary and founder of the Red Army13%Peter the Great Tsar of Russia, 1682 to 172516%

Political views closest to Neil Postman

AgrarianismValues rural life, small farms and self-reliant communities over industrial and urban…98%Neo-LuddismResists industrial and digital technology that is seen to erode community, work and…97%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.96%DistributismSpreads property widely among families and small producers, opposing both big capital…96%

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