The selfish gene, or, destiny of technology

"Technology uses us to complete its own agenda" (like the selfish gene)
-Peter

Technopoly, by Neil Postman

The Judgement of Thamus, assigned for DmContinuum course

"He (Thamus) knows that the uses made of any technology are largely determined by the structure of the technology itself" p. 7

"once a technology is admitted, it plays out its hand; it does what it is designed to do." p. 7

"new things require new words. But new things also modify old words, words that have deep-rooted meanings. The telegraph and the penny press changed what we once meant by information." p. 8

"It is what Wittgenstein meant when, in referring to our most fundamental technology, he said that language is not merely a vehicle of thought but also the driver" -p. 14