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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... considered relevant and , especially , what information must be considered irrelevant . The theory may be deemed flawed in some respects - lawyers , for example , may disagree over the rules governing the flow of information — but no ...
... considered relevant and , especially , what information must be considered irrelevant . The theory may be deemed flawed in some respects - lawyers , for example , may disagree over the rules governing the flow of information — but no ...
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... considered technologies- technologies in disguise , perhaps , but technologies all the same . Aside from language itself , I don't suppose there is a clearer example of a technology that doesn't look like one than the mathematical sign ...
... considered technologies- technologies in disguise , perhaps , but technologies all the same . Aside from language itself , I don't suppose there is a clearer example of a technology that doesn't look like one than the mathematical sign ...
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... considered a major intellect of his day . In fact , Lewis Terman , the man most respon- sible for promoting IQ tests in America , calculated that Galton's IQ was more than 200. Terman , who fancied making such estimates of the dead ...
... considered a major intellect of his day . In fact , Lewis Terman , the man most respon- sible for promoting IQ tests in America , calculated that Galton's IQ was more than 200. Terman , who fancied making such estimates of the dead ...
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The Judgment of Thamus | 3 |
From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
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