Twitter Book Club: Neil Postman (1992) Technopoly - ch2

From Tools to Technocracy

"technologies create the ways in which people perceive reality, and that such ways are key to understanding diverse... http://tl.gd/8u6rdvless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"Cultures may be classified into three types: tool-using cultures, technocracies, and technopolies." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"in a tool-using culture technology is not seen as autonomous, and is subject to the jurisdiction of some blinding ... http://tl.gd/8u6thkless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"Given the facts, we must conclude that tool-using cultures are not necessarily impoverished technologically, and m... http://tl.gd/8u6ub6less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"Efficiency and productivity were problems for slaves, not philosophers." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"There are limits to the power of both theology and metaphysics, and technology has business to do which sometimes ... http://tl.gd/8u6vi6less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"In a technocracy, tools play a central role in the thought-world of the culture. Everything must give way, in some... http://tl.gd/8u71u7less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"The modern technocracies of the West have their roots in the medieval European world, from which there emerged thr... http://tl.gd/8u72u7less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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