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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... function as control mechanisms . This is important to say , because most writers on the subject of social institutions ( especially sociolo- gists ) do not grasp the idea that any decline in the force of institutions makes people ...
... function as control mechanisms . This is important to say , because most writers on the subject of social institutions ( especially sociolo- gists ) do not grasp the idea that any decline in the force of institutions makes people ...
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... function as an information con- trol center . The clearest symptom of the breakdown of the curriculum is found in the concept of " cultural literacy , " which has been put forward as an organizing principle and has attracted the serious ...
... function as an information con- trol center . The clearest symptom of the breakdown of the curriculum is found in the concept of " cultural literacy , " which has been put forward as an organizing principle and has attracted the serious ...
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... function or in creating new possibilities of calculation , speed , and volume . 12 Of course , if J. David Bolter is ... functions more as a new mode of transportation than as a new means of substantive communi- cation . It moves ...
... function or in creating new possibilities of calculation , speed , and volume . 12 Of course , if J. David Bolter is ... functions more as a new mode of transportation than as a new means of substantive communi- cation . It moves ...
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From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
The Improbable World | 56 |
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