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Response 5

Response 5 While reading Mumford’s, The Automation of Knowledge, I found that there were two passages that connected, and stood out to me. “Shall we, in other words, restore man to his central position as the actor and director in … Continue reading

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Response 3

Response 3 Postman explains that America had become a “technopoly;” a technopoly is a categorization of a culture that technology, particularly: inventions to make like seem easier, more productive, less confrontational (not participatory,) providing an answer to all questions asked—specifically … Continue reading

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Response 2

Response 2 “In a technocracy, tools play a central role in the thought-world of he culture. Everything must give way, in some degree, to their development. The social and symbolic worlds become increasingly subject to the requirements of that development. … Continue reading

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