The Technological Society

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Title

The Technological Society

Description

In this text, Ellul makes a critical point about technology that cuts against one of the enduring myths around it's development and use, namely that technology is "neutral". Ellul argues that all technology has an embedded ideology, specifically the desire for efficiency, and that this desire deeply impacts both how we use technology and how we see the world. He unpacks the implications for our society of the dominance of this ideology.

Creator

Jacques Ellul

Source

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/46236/the-technological-society-by-jacques-ellul-with-an-introduction-by-robert-k-merton/

Publisher

Vintage Books, Penguin Random House

Date

1967

Contributor

Ben G. from Atlanta, GA