Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to TechnologyKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 31 de mar. de 1993 - 240 páginas A witty, often terrifying that chronicles our transformation into a society that is shaped by technology—from the acclaimed author of Amusing Ourselves to Death. "A provocative book ... A tool for fighting back against the tools that run our lives." —Dallas Morning News The story of our society's 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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... century of rigid padded collars to rest on the shoulder blades of horses solved the problem of how to increase the pulling power of horses without decreasing their ability to breathe . In fact , as early as the ninth century in Europe ...
... century of rigid padded collars to rest on the shoulder blades of horses solved the problem of how to increase the pulling power of horses without decreasing their ability to breathe . In fact , as early as the ninth century in Europe ...
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... century , tech- nocracy was well underway , especially after Richard Arkwright , a barber by trade , developed the factory system . In his cotton- spinning mills , Arkwright trained workers , mostly children , " to conform to the ...
... century , tech- nocracy was well underway , especially after Richard Arkwright , a barber by trade , developed the factory system . In his cotton- spinning mills , Arkwright trained workers , mostly children , " to conform to the ...
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... century revolu- tion was not indifferent to commodity capitalism but was none- theless infused with profound moral ... century , with all its transcendent moral underpinnings , and Technopoly , a twentieth - century thought - world that ...
... century revolu- tion was not indifferent to commodity capitalism but was none- theless infused with profound moral ... century , with all its transcendent moral underpinnings , and Technopoly , a twentieth - century thought - world that ...
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The Judgment of Thamus | 3 |
From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
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