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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... claims . It was willing , for example , to accept as hypotheses that the earth moves and that the sun stands still ... claim that the move- ment of the earth is a fact of nature . Such a belief was defini- tively held to be injurious ...
... claims . It was willing , for example , to accept as hypotheses that the earth moves and that the sun stands still ... claim that the move- ment of the earth is a fact of nature . Such a belief was defini- tively held to be injurious ...
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... claims of our nature , our biology , our emotions , our spirituality . The computer claims sovereignty over the whole range of human experience , and supports its claim by showing that it " thinks " better than we can . Indeed , in his ...
... claims of our nature , our biology , our emotions , our spirituality . The computer claims sovereignty over the whole range of human experience , and supports its claim by showing that it " thinks " better than we can . Indeed , in his ...
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... claiming that their medium is the most democratic institution in America : a plebiscite is held every week to determine which programs will survive . This claim is given added weight by a second claim : creative artists have never been ...
... claiming that their medium is the most democratic institution in America : a plebiscite is held every week to determine which programs will survive . This claim is given added weight by a second claim : creative artists have never been ...
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The Judgment of Thamus | 3 |
From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
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