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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... tell the losers that with personal computers the average person can balance a checkbook more neatly , keep better track of recipes , and make more logical shopping lists . They also tell them that their lives will be conducted more ...
... tell the losers that with personal computers the average person can balance a checkbook more neatly , keep better track of recipes , and make more logical shopping lists . They also tell them that their lives will be conducted more ...
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... tell us when a fetus enters life . It is Scientism on a cultural level when no scientist rises to demur , when no newspaper prints a rebuttal on its " science " pages , when everyone cooper- ates , willfully or through ignorance , in ...
... tell us when a fetus enters life . It is Scientism on a cultural level when no scientist rises to demur , when no newspaper prints a rebuttal on its " science " pages , when everyone cooper- ates , willfully or through ignorance , in ...
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... tell nothing about the products being sold . But they tell everything about the fears , fancies , and dreams of those who might buy them . What the advertiser needs to know is not what is right about the product but what is wrong about ...
... tell nothing about the products being sold . But they tell everything about the fears , fancies , and dreams of those who might buy them . What the advertiser needs to know is not what is right about the product but what is wrong about ...
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The Judgment of Thamus | 3 |
From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
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