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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... imagine Thamus advising , in the manner of today's standard- brand Technophiles , that , if only writing would be used for the production of certain kinds of texts and not others ( let us say , for dramatic literature but not for ...
... imagine Thamus advising , in the manner of today's standard- brand Technophiles , that , if only writing would be used for the production of certain kinds of texts and not others ( let us say , for dramatic literature but not for ...
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... This procedure seems so natural to most of us that we are hardly aware of its significance . We may even find it difficult to imagine that the number or letter is a tool or , if you will , a technology ; still less that 12 Technopoly.
... This procedure seems so natural to most of us that we are hardly aware of its significance . We may even find it difficult to imagine that the number or letter is a tool or , if you will , a technology ; still less that 12 Technopoly.
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... imagine what sort of appeals might be effectively made on a TV commercial to persuade parents to support schools . ( Let us , to be fair , sidestep appeals that might be made directly to students themselves , since the youth of any era ...
... imagine what sort of appeals might be effectively made on a TV commercial to persuade parents to support schools . ( Let us , to be fair , sidestep appeals that might be made directly to students themselves , since the youth of any era ...
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From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
The Improbable World | 56 |
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