Twitter Book Club: Neil Postman (1992) Technopoly - ch7

The Ideology of Machine: Computer Technology

"when the word 'computer' is used without a modifier before it, it normally refers to some version of the machine i... http://tl.gd/90df20less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"the computer redefines humans as 'information processors' and nature itself as information to be processed." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"The fundamental metaphorical message of the computer, in short, is that we are machines—thinking machines, to be s... http://tl.gd/90dhkcless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"People now commonly speak of 'programming' or 'deprogramming' themselves. They speak of their brains as a piece of... http://tl.gd/90dl8eless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"A bureaucrat armed with a computer is the unacknowledged legislator of our age, and a terrible burden to bear." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"Since printing created new forms of literature when it replaced the handwritten manuscript, it is possible that el... http://tl.gd/90ds8qless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"it is important to remind ourselves of how many things are quite possible to do without the use of computers." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"it is actually possible to write well without a processor and, I should say, to write poorly with one." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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