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THIS IS PART 1: a review and commentary on Neil Postman's 1992 (audio incorrectly states 1922) epic "Technopoly : The Surrender of Culture to Technology" from jp3k (TANSTAAFL). PART 2 HERE PART 3 HERE Technopoly (9july2010: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technopoly#Technopoly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technopoly#Technopoly)) Neil Postman defines 'Technopoly" as a society which believes "the primary, if not the only, goal of human labor and thought is efficiency, that technical calculation is in all respects superior to human judgment ... and that the affairs of citizens are best guided and conducted by experts." (Postman, 1992. p.51) Postman argues that the United States is the only country to have developed into a technopoly. He claims that the U.S has been inundated with technophiles who do not see the downside of technology. This is dangerous because technophiles want more technology and thus more information. However, according to Postman, it is impossible for a technological innovation to have only a one-sided effect. With the ever-increasing amount of information available Postman argues that: "Information has become a form of garbage, not only incapable of answering the most fundamental human questions but barely useful in providing coherent direction to the solution of even mundane problems."(Postman, 1992. p. 69) In an interview on January 17, 1996, Postman re-emphasized his solution for technopoly, which was to give students an education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, so they may become adults who "use technology rather than being used by it". ([http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/january96/postman\_1-17.html](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/january96/postman\_1-17.html)) Postman has been criticized by some[who?] as being a Luddite, despite his statement in the conclusion of Amusing Ourselves to Death that "We must not delude ourselves with preposterous notions such as the straight Luddite position."