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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... printing press began that age in the early sixteenth century.1 Forty years after Gutenberg converted an old wine press into a printing machine with movable type , there were presses in 110 cities in six different countries . Fifty years ...
... printing press began that age in the early sixteenth century.1 Forty years after Gutenberg converted an old wine press into a printing machine with movable type , there were presses in 110 cities in six different countries . Fifty years ...
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... Printing brought an end to the alchemists ' secrets by making science into a public enterprise . And not only for scien- tists : printing led to the popularization of scientific ideas through the use of vernaculars . Although some ...
... Printing brought an end to the alchemists ' secrets by making science into a public enterprise . And not only for scien- tists : printing led to the popularization of scientific ideas through the use of vernaculars . Although some ...
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... printers who just as easily had them translated into vernaculars . Without going any further into the details of the impact of print on medieval thought , all of which are lucidly presented in Elizabeth Eisenstein's The Printing Press ...
... printers who just as easily had them translated into vernaculars . Without going any further into the details of the impact of print on medieval thought , all of which are lucidly presented in Elizabeth Eisenstein's The Printing Press ...
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The Judgment of Thamus | 3 |
From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
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