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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... lives will be conducted more efficiently . But discreetly they neglect to say from whose point of view the efficiency is warranted or what might be its costs . Should the losers grow skeptical , the winners dazzle them with the wondrous ...
... lives will be conducted more efficiently . But discreetly they neglect to say from whose point of view the efficiency is warranted or what might be its costs . Should the losers grow skeptical , the winners dazzle them with the wondrous ...
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... lives fit into the grand and benevolent design of the universe , but they have no doubt that there is such a design ... live in a world in which there were no random events - in which everything was , in theory , compre- hensible ; in ...
... lives fit into the grand and benevolent design of the universe , but they have no doubt that there is such a design ... live in a world in which there were no random events - in which everything was , in theory , compre- hensible ; in ...
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... live in a time when physical well - being is deter- mined by CAT scan results . Facts need the substantiation of statistical study . The human mind needs " deprogramming " while computers catch devastating " viruses . " We live , then ...
... live in a time when physical well - being is deter- mined by CAT scan results . Facts need the substantiation of statistical study . The human mind needs " deprogramming " while computers catch devastating " viruses . " We live , then ...
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The Judgment of Thamus | 3 |
From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
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