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Technopoly

The Surrender of Culture to Technology

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Technopoly

Written by: Neil Postman
Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
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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 thought-world.

©1992 Neil Postman (P)2000 Blackstone Audio, Inc. History & Culture Science Sociology Technology Witty Socialism Mathematics Capitalism
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A dialectic examination of technique as an autonomous force, for both good and ill, as opposed to the technical utopianism that prevails today. If you liked Huxley and Ellul you'll like this. Listen to at 0.85x speed because the narrator has a case of Ben Shapiro tempo.

Not a Neo-Luddite Manifesto

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This is the Neo Luddites manifesto. The author complains about how technology changes the 'culture' he finds familiar and comfortable. He maintains the lie that you can't have morals based upon science, and you need ancient mythology to tell you how to behave. Pure nonsense.

Neo Luddites manifesto

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