Hey SLPCers--ever feel like the world is in some ways built more for our machines than for ourselves? If so, join us for our next meeting as we investigate Neil Postman's "Technopoly".
Writing a third of a century ago, Postman (maybe better known for his other work, Amusing Ourselves to Death) clearly saw technology as a force that, far from being neutral, has its own intrinsic aims--and can and will pursue those aims at the expense of things that provide meaning in our lives.
Is there a way out of this technological riddle, or at least a way to survive it gracefully? Is it a curse or a blessing or something else? Or is "technopoly" already inescapable? We will try to find out.
A PDF of the book can be found at (https://archive.org/details/235p-technopoly-neil-postman). Most found Postman relatively easy reading last time, so let's aim to get through Chapter 6 this time--about to page 106.
