Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
- ISBN-10
- 030779735X
- ISBN-13
- 9780307797353
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-06-01
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Neil Postman
Description
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.
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