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Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology

Name: Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
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Author: Neil Postman

by Neil Postman • 1992

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Why We Recommend It

A provocative cultural critique illustrating how technology can dominate societies; regarded as a modern classic in media studies.

Key Ideas

How societies become subservient to technology
Loss of human agency in technocratic cultures
Tension between technological progress and meaning
Warnings against unreflective adoption of tech

Who Should Read This

cultural critics

broad readers

technology skeptics

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1992

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