There is no consistent, integrated conception of the world which serves as the foundation on which our edifice of belief rests. And therefore, in a sense, we are more naive than those of the Middle Ages, and more frightened, for we can be made to believe almost anything.
Lu: I have read a bit of Postman, and while I appreciate his philosophy on culture and technology I think that some of it is losing its relevance. Postman is very much anti-technology, or at least he is very skeptical of it, I think it is a little unrealistic to constantly belittle technology. While he does make some very accurate observations of some of the limitations and problems of our hyper-technological world, it is simply unproductive to think about a world without technology at this point. Computer advancements have enabled us to become more innovative in medicine, science, building, education, art... (the list goes on), which has unquestionably improved our lives. But of course for every invention of progress there are negatives or the questioning of what is progress.
I wonder if Postman imagines that we should return to a world, before the printing press, and before the clock, were we really a healthier and more wholesome society then? I think it is impossible to compare our society to those of the past, things have changed too much and in many ways there is no going back.