In the middle of last century, Jaquces Ellul wrote a book describing the Technological Society. Reading through this text today, it shows his prediction of what a highly technological society looks like was broadly correct.
Another one to look at is Stafford Beer. He’s like the opposite of Ellul, the person he was complaining about. A technician misguidedly making the system even worse.
Corporations and governments used all his cybernetic ideas to become even more efficient but also cold, total and alienating.
Another one to look at is Stafford Beer. He’s like the opposite of Ellul, the person he was complaining about. A technician misguidedly making the system even worse.
Corporations and governments used all his cybernetic ideas to become even more efficient but also cold, total and alienating.
He’s an example of what we want to avoid.