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  • What is meant by Technopoly?

    Adopted from the following Wikipedia link & Neil Postman’s book Technopoly:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technopoly

    Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology is a book by Neil Postman published in 1992 that describes the development and characteristics of a “technopoly”. He defines a technopoly as a society in which technology is deified, meaning “the culture seeks its authorisation in technology, finds its satisfactions in technology, and takes its orders from technology”. It is characterised by a surplus of information generated by technology, which technological tools are in turn employed to cope with, in order to provide direction and purpose for society and individuals.

  • This great quote explains why “Deep Work” is so difficult to adopt

    Adopted from the following great quote of the author of the book Deep Work , Cal Newport..

    “Deep work is at a severe disadvantage in a technopoly because it builds on values like quality, craftsmanship, and mastery that are decidedly old-fashioned and non technological. Even worse, to support deep work often requires the rejection of much of what is new and high-tech.”