Quote of the day
It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients.
Mark Poster

Born: July 5, 1941
Died: October 10, 2012 (aged 71)
Bio: Mark Poster was Professor Emeritus of History and Film and Media Studies at UC Irvine, where he also taught in the Critical Theory Emphasis. He was pivotal to "bringing French critical theory to the U.S., and went on to analyse contemporary media."
Known for:
- The mode of information (1990)
- The second media age (1995)
- What's the Matter with the Internet? (2001)







