Efficient and Inhuman

Technolpoly

The concept of technopoly seems closely related to the idea of singularity. Singularity is the concept of that man a machine will eventually merge. The basis of a Technopoly as Postman puts it is, “workers were relieved of any responsibility to think at all. The system would to their thinking for them” (Postman). This is a system in which the person no longer original, they are told what to do by a system and they do as told. As in Brave New World this is how their dystopia works. The people are not original, their thoughts not original, nor anything they do original. Postman defines a Technocracy basically to use the technology and not let the technology use us and that the citizens knew “science and technology did not provide philosophies by which to live by” (Postman). As he says the late 19^th and early 20^th century entrepreneurs used the technology to gain wealth past many people imaginations. Frederick W. Taylor is the man that is basically responsible making everything more efficient through the use of science and technology. His basic philosophy was that “human judgment cannot be trusted, that technical calculation is in all respects superior to human judgment” (Postman). Taylor believed that human emotions are inefficient and that machines will be more efficient without them. When this happens this will truly be the end of humanity. When machines find that our emotions are inefficient and basically get rid of them is the point of no return and we truly will be just machines. This is a truly is a scary thought to think about. If we end up without our basically humanity because of our ongoing progress of convenience and efficiency will be a scary day. We will be just the subjects to make a society efficient, just as Brave New World. Control through one of our greatest weaknesses, happiness and immediate gratification. Postman is trying to warn us against this technological progress we are making so we don’t end up in some type of dystopian where we have no humanity. Kurzweil looks forward to this type of technopoly/singularity society. Kurzweil has this obsession of immorality and bring his father back, but what he doesn’t realize is that we could possibility be heading toward this inhuman society Postman predicts.