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. |
De dentro do livro
Resultados 1-3 de 20
Página 8
... truth " and " law " ; printing changed them again , and now television and the com- puter change them once more . Such changes occur quickly , surely , and , in a sense , silently . Lexicographers hold no plebis- cites on the matter ...
... truth " and " law " ; printing changed them again , and now television and the com- puter change them once more . Such changes occur quickly , surely , and , in a sense , silently . Lexicographers hold no plebis- cites on the matter ...
Página 159
... truth , " we must turn to " science . " Which brings me to the crux of what I mean by Scientism , and why it has emerged in Technopoly . I have tried to show that science , social research , and the kind of work we call imaginative ...
... truth , " we must turn to " science . " Which brings me to the crux of what I mean by Scientism , and why it has emerged in Technopoly . I have tried to show that science , social research , and the kind of work we call imaginative ...
Página 184
... truth : who refuse to allow psychology or any " social science " to pre - empt the language and thought of common sense ; who are , at least , suspicious of the idea of progress , and who do not confuse information with understanding ...
... truth : who refuse to allow psychology or any " social science " to pre - empt the language and thought of common sense ; who are , at least , suspicious of the idea of progress , and who do not confuse information with understanding ...
Conteúdo
From Tools to Technocracy | 21 |
From Technocracy to Technopoly | 40 |
The Improbable World | 56 |
Direitos autorais | |
6 outras seções não mostradas
Outras edições - Ver todos
Termos e frases comuns
abacists American answer artificial intelligence ascent of humanity B. F. Skinner Bacon become believe bureaucracy C. S. Lewis called claim computer technology Copernicus course created doctors example experiment fact Freud function Galileo Ginger Rogers give HAGOTH idea ideology imagine institutions intelligence invention Invisible Technologies irrelevant judgment Kepler knowledge language Lewis Mumford machine machinery Marx means mechanical medicine medieval ment metaphor Milgram mind moral narrative nature Neil Postman nineteenth century Nonetheless opinion patient perhaps political polling possible principle problem question reason religious Revolution Richard Arkwright schools scientific Scientism scientists sense social research Stanley Milgram statistics stethoscope story subjects symbols teach Tech technical techniques technocracy technol Technopoly television tell tests Thamus theory Theuth things thought tion tool-using culture tradition William Farish words world-view writing York