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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... organizing principle and has attracted the serious attention of many educators . If one is culturally literate , the idea goes , one should master a certain list of thousands of names , places , dates , and aphorisms ; these are ...
... organizing principle and has attracted the serious attention of many educators . If one is culturally literate , the idea goes , one should master a certain list of thousands of names , places , dates , and aphorisms ; these are ...
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... because they cannot be measured and objectified , and therefore cannot be dealt with by experts . As the power of traditional social institutions to organize perceptions and judgment declines , bureaucracies , expertise , and 90 Technopoly.
... because they cannot be measured and objectified , and therefore cannot be dealt with by experts . As the power of traditional social institutions to organize perceptions and judgment declines , bureaucracies , expertise , and 90 Technopoly.
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... organize society on a rational and humane basis . This implies that technical means— mostly " invisible technologies " supervised by experts can be designed to control human behavior and set it on the proper course . The third idea is ...
... organize society on a rational and humane basis . This implies that technical means— mostly " invisible technologies " supervised by experts can be designed to control human behavior and set it on the proper course . The third idea is ...
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The Judgment of Thamus | 3 |
From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
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