The Postman Project

     During the course of this communication experience, I found it very difficult to express complex emotions by way of "smoke signals".  It was relatively easy to draw or act out simple commands such "open this" or "go here". But when asked to illustrate a reflection upon the day's unique experience, I faltered. No visual could be adequate enough to fully describe my experience. To reveal what I had learned, I needed to be verbal. In which Mr. Brant suspenend the no speaking rules and allowed me to do so. This moment reflected Postman's idea that the form of TV works against the content of philosophy. A society that primarily uses smoke signals is not likely to discuss philosophy; it would take too long and be too difficult. In the same way, a person with an ugly body will not look good on TV and therefore not be elected President. One’s body is not relevant to one’s ideas when one is expressing them through radio or print. But on TV, visual imagery reigns. Therefore you cannot do political philosophy on TV.