Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to TechnologyKnopf, 1992 - 222 páginas With characteristic wit and candor, Neil Postman, our most astute and engaging cultural critic, launches a trenchant and harrowing warning against the tyranny of machines over man in the late twentieth century. We live in a time when physical well-being is determined by CAT scan results. Facts need the substantiation of statistical study. The human mind needs "deprogramming" while computers catch devastating "viruses." We live, then, in a Technopoly -- a self-justifying, self-perpetuating system wherein technology of every kind is cheerfully granted sovereignty over social institutions and national life. In this provocative work, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation from a society that uses technology to one that is shaped by it, as he traces its effects upon what we mean by politics, intellect, religion, history -- even privacy and truth. But if Technopoly is disturbing, it is also a passionate rallying cry filled with a humane rationalism as it asserts the manifold means by which technology, placed within the context of our larger human goals and social values, is an invaluable instrument for furthering the most worthy human endeavors. - Back cover. |
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... technical problems of moving vast numbers of people from one place to another . Why they were being moved and , especially , what would hap- pen to them when they arrived at their destination were not relevant to his job . Although the ...
... technical problems of moving vast numbers of people from one place to another . Why they were being moved and , especially , what would hap- pen to them when they arrived at their destination were not relevant to his job . Although the ...
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... technical solution is required and there is no conflict with human purposes - for example , in space rocketry or the construction of a sewer system . It works less well in situations where technical requirements may conflict with human ...
... technical solution is required and there is no conflict with human purposes - for example , in space rocketry or the construction of a sewer system . It works less well in situations where technical requirements may conflict with human ...
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... technical reality to ideas about intelligence , creativity , sensitivity , emotional imbal- ance , social deviance , or political opinion . They would have us believe that technology can plainly reveal the true nature of some human ...
... technical reality to ideas about intelligence , creativity , sensitivity , emotional imbal- ance , social deviance , or political opinion . They would have us believe that technology can plainly reveal the true nature of some human ...
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