Technopoly Part 1

"Technopoly" by Neil Postman, is about the history of technology and its impact on our culture.  He begins by explaining the very start of technology and how it changes our culture.  Postman has an interesting view of technology because his argument leans toward the negative side of technology and our dependence on it.  His argument sheds light onto the other side of technology, a side that most people do not realize today.  How can something that helps us complete daily tasks everyday more effeiently be something negative?

I find it very interesting when Postman talks about the very early years of technology and the story about the invention of writing, and its negative affects.  It was argued that the ability to write had a negative impact on our ability to remember and recall information from our brains.  To even consider writing to be a technology was a bit of a surprise to me because of how embedded writing is in our daily lives.  When I hear the word technology I think of cars, cell phone, or a computer.  The first half of this book raises some interesting points about technology and its negative impact on our society and has changed my view of what technology is and its impact on our society.