"A definition is the start of an argument, not the end of one."
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Crazy Talk, Stupid Talk : How We Defeat Ourselves by the Way We Talk and What to do About It (1976)
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Neil Postman
1931 – 2003
US-amerikanischer Medienwissenschaftler und -kritiker
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