The Effect Of The Mass

A Society That Has Made 'nostalgia' A Marketable Commodity On The Cultural Exchange Quickly Repudiates The Suggestion That Life In The Past Was In Any Important Way Better Than Life Today.

Propaganda In The Ordinary Sense Of The Term Plays A Less Important Part In A Consumer Society, Where People Greet All Official Pronouncements With Suspicion.

The News Appeals To The Same Jaded Appetite That Makes A Child Tire Of A Toy As Soon As It Becomes Familiar And Demand A New One In Its Place.

The Family Is A Haven In A Heartless World.

The Proper Role Of Humanists Is Not To Bring 'human Values' To The Attention Of Technicians Otherwise Engaged In A Purely Instrumental Approach To Their Calling, But To Demand The Restoration Of The Practical Or Moral Element In Callings That Have Degenerated Into Techniques.