Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.
Neil Postman (1931-2003) American author, media theorist, cultural critic
The Disappearance of Childhood, Introduction (1982)
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Often misattributed to John W Whitehead (b. 1946) American lawyer, conservative activist, author. The same line appears, unattributed, in Whitehead's The Stealing of America, ch. 10 (1983); elsewhere in there Whitehead references Postman's book, so it is likely he took the line from Postman.For more discussion of this, see Lance Strate's Blog Time Passing: Children are the Living Messages We Send to a Time We Will Not See.
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Postman, Neil
Educators may bring upon themselves unnecessary travail by taking a tactless and unjustifiable position about the relation between scientific and religious narratives. … Profound but contradictory ideas may exist side by side, if they are constructed from different materials and methods and have different purposes. Each tells us something important about where we stand in the universe, and it is foolish to insist that they must despise each other.
Neil Postman (1931-2003) American author, media theorist, cultural critic
The End of Education (1995)