[Wikipedia]
The Glass Teat: Essays of Opinion on Television (ISBN 0-515-03701-X) is a compilation of television reviews and essays written by Harlan Ellison as a regular weekly column for the Los Angeles Free Press from late 1968 into early 1970, discussing the effects of television upon society.
The title implies that TV viewers are analogous with unweaned children. Discussion of television is frequently interspersed in the essays with lengthy asides about Ellison’s personal life, experiences and opinions in general. [snip]
Response coming up.
The ‘Glass Teat’ is no longer ‘Gilligan’s Island’.
Books are now behind glass screens with the power of [Control F] word-search and ‘copy-paste’.
Children know this. They know what the future in education is. And with interactive software and search engines, their curiosity is satisfied like greased lightning.
The regimented old-school education system is a dinosaur. And the classic conglomerated classroom is not only a cesspool with little in the way of standards and personal conduct, it is also obsolete. Study halls with web-conferencing teachers who can specialize and compete — that’s the future.