catapult magazine

“This effect follows from a fundemental principle of social structure: a group is largely defined by the exclusivity of the information its members share. If everyone knew what lawyers know, there would be no lawyers.”

Um, isn’t this true of ANY profession? Postman’s not very insightful. Unless I’m missing a more abstract point.

mrs.annie. p. good to see you again. are you not a fan of mr.neal. p. ?

Assuming “N. Postman” is the same as Neil Postman, author of “Amusing Ourselves to Death” (among other books), I actually find him to be very interesting. Which is why I don’t understand why that particular quote was selected. It’s not insightful as it stands posted. I’d like to learn more about the context in which is was written or said.