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We Live in a Technopoly

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We Live in a Technopoly

And it is affecting our ability to process information

Chris Martin
Oct 1, 2020
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We Live in a Technopoly

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In chapter five of his book Technopoly (which is great but not as good as Amusing Ourselves to Death), Neil Postman explains how a “technopoly” is not only a state of culture, but also a state of mind. He tells of how it can lead to the destructive, uncontrolled pervasiveness of information.

Postman writes:

Technopoly is a state of culture. It is also a …

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