Twitter Book Club: Neil Postman (1992) Technopoly - ch3

From Technocracy to Technopoly

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"In a technocracy—that is, a society only loosely controlled by social custom and religious tradition and driven by the impulse to invent—an 'unseen hand' will eliminate the incompetent and reward those who produce cheaply and well the goods that people want." Postman

This explains the decline in church attendance as well as the decline in arts education.

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"But the historic Luddites were neither childish nor naive. They were people trying desperately to preserve whateve... http://tl.gd/8u7i4vless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"In a technocracy, inherited royalty is both irrelevant and absurd." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"Technocracy filled the air with the promise of new freedoms and new forms of social organization." Postmanless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"The citizens of a technocracy knew that science and technology did not provide philosophies by which to live, and ... http://tl.gd/8u7lj0less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"In the work of Fredrick Taylor we have, I believe, the first clear statement of the idea that society is best serv... http://tl.gd/8u7ppvless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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