Technology Postman Analysis

TECHNOPOLY
Introduction
. Technology is one of the major discoveries man has ever made. Technology has helped man in his daily activities that he engages in because of its efficiency and effectiveness in performing these activities. Use of computers has found application in all man activities ranging from education, industrial process, medicine and many more areas. Postman is an American speaker who has frequently made critics on technology. In his work, Postman argues that the uncontrolled use of technology will eventually destroy the core sources of humanity. He explains that technology and computers in particular creates a culture without a moral basis. He explains that new technologies usually alter human understanding on what is true and real. Postman uses the term technopoly to refer to a society that believes the goal and the primary aim of human labor is efficiency that human judgment is below any technical calculation. Postman reveals the negative side of technology.

Technopoly
Postman explains that people do not consider whether technology is useful or not, but just because technology is technology and involves new inventions, people embrace it. He argues that people are being blinded by technology of what they are losing while concentrating on what the technology is bringing. For instance, when man discovered telescope and discovered that the center universe was not the earth; human diverted his attention from social development to study other out of space objects. Human completely assumed his role on social issues to major on universe and space. He argues that early scientists like Galileo, Kepler and Copernicus and other great scientists in the history used similar technologies as the modern one to make their disc...

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...haracteristics in that the form is followed by the functions. Postman also includes the theory of Marshall McLuhan that the message is the stem as it controls the form and scale of social interaction.
Conclusion
Many people across the globe have different reactions to Postman’s arguments about technology and its effects and impacts on the human being. It is evident from Postman’s arguments that technology has positive and negative impacts, that technology benefits and deficits human beings. Many people, however, have criticized Postman’s perspectives on impacts of technopoly and technology at large, explaining that Postman should have provided the alternatives on how to take and handle technology. To them, pointing out the problems of technology without giving possible solutions and remedies was a missed point to Postman’s argument and perspective on technology.