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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... language or alphabet of nature could be made with assurance that other scientists could speak and un- derstand that language . Standardization largely eliminated am- biguity in texts and reduced error in diagrams , charts , and visual ...
... language or alphabet of nature could be made with assurance that other scientists could speak and un- derstand that language . Standardization largely eliminated am- biguity in texts and reduced error in diagrams , charts , and visual ...
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... language . Only occasionally is this illusion challenged , as when the differences between linguistic ideologies become noticeable by one who has command over two languages that differ greatly in their structure and history . For ...
... language . Only occasionally is this illusion challenged , as when the differences between linguistic ideologies become noticeable by one who has command over two languages that differ greatly in their structure and history . For ...
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... language structure called a narrative . Kinsey's language structure is called exposi- tion . These forms are certainly different , although not so much as we might suppose . It has been remarked about the brothers Henry and William ...
... language structure called a narrative . Kinsey's language structure is called exposi- tion . These forms are certainly different , although not so much as we might suppose . It has been remarked about the brothers Henry and William ...
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From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
The Improbable World | 56 |
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