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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... moral authority . Those who reject the Bible's theory and who believe , let us say , in the theory of Science are also protected from unwanted information . Their theory , for example , instructs them to dis- regard information about ...
... moral authority . Those who reject the Bible's theory and who believe , let us say , in the theory of Science are also protected from unwanted information . Their theory , for example , instructs them to dis- regard information about ...
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... moral content . The United States was not merely an experiment in a new form of governance ; it was the fulfillment of God's plan . True , Adams , Jefferson , and Paine rejected the supernatural elements in the Bible , but they never ...
... moral content . The United States was not merely an experiment in a new form of governance ; it was the fulfillment of God's plan . True , Adams , Jefferson , and Paine rejected the supernatural elements in the Bible , but they never ...
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... moral judgment lies . It is the world of desperate listeners , longing for a more powerful moral authority , that begs the natural scientist to say it is the science that speaks , not the woman or man . But the scientist cannot with ...
... moral judgment lies . It is the world of desperate listeners , longing for a more powerful moral authority , that begs the natural scientist to say it is the science that speaks , not the woman or man . But the scientist cannot with ...
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From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
The Improbable World | 56 |
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