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Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology



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A social critic argues that the United States has become a technopoly --a system that sacrifices social institutions for self-perpetuating technological advancement--and suggests ways to use technical skills to enhance our democracy *Author: Postman, Neil *Subtitle: The Surrender of Culture to Technology *Publication Date: 1993/04/01 *Number of Pages: 222 *Binding Type: Paperback *Language: English *Depth: 0.75 *Width: 5.00 *Height: 5.50
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In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, Postman chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it. According to Postman, technology is rapidly gaining sovereignty over social institutions and national life to become self-justifying, self-perpetuating, and omnipresent. He warns that this will have radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, religion, family, education, privacy, intelligence, and truth, as they are redefined to fit the requirements of the technological t

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In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our 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.

Technopoly The Surrender of Culture to Technology, ISBN-13: 9780679745402, ISBN-10: 0679745408



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