# Technopoly by Neil Postman (1992)

Or: The surrender of Culture to Technology

Blurb: Recommended by John Cleese no less

> computer technology has served […] to make people believe that technological
> innovation is synonymous with human progress.

Neil Postman makes the point that technology cannot solve all our problems and
trying to make it so can severely constrict cultural expressions.

If you work with technology it is imperative that you realise that your thinking
is shaped by the technology that you use just as much as you shape the
technology you think with. What's important to acknowledge is that it's a tool,
and just liek any other tool, it is not an end in itself.

> “[…] important to remember what can be done without computers, and it is also
> important to remind ourselves of what may be lost when we do use them” (p.
> 120)

This book is a healthy gut check for anyone working with technology: it is not
the answer to everything.

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