# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-postman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:25:02.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-postman"
name: "Neil Postman"
slug: "neil-postman"
description: "Neil Postman was an American author, educator, media theorist, and cultural critic who eschewed digital technology, including personal computers and mobile devices, and was critical of the use of personal computers in schools. He is best known for 20 books about technology and education, including Teaching as a Subversive Activity (1970), The Disappearance of Childhood (1982), Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985), Conscientious Objections (1988), Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (1992) and The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School (1995)."
tagline: "American writer and academic (1931-2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Neil_Postman.jpg"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1931-03-08"
deathDate: "2003-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump