Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to TechnologyIn this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it—with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth. |
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User Review - themulhern - LibraryThingAnother pithy Neil Postman polemic! And he's mostly right, too. Once one becomes familiar with Neil Postman, I think one can read individual chapters as stand-alone essays. So, I went straight to ... Read full review
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User Review - Jared_Runck - LibraryThingIt is difficult, if not impossible, stray too far into the literature of contemporary cultural criticism without running headlong into a Neil Postman reference…typically brief, often coated with a ... Read full review
Contents
From Tools to Technocracy | |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | |
The Improbable World | |
The Broken Defenses | |
Medical Technology | |
Computer Technology | |
Invisible Technologies | |
Scientism | |
Notes | |
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