The cult of information
by Roszak, Theodore · first published 1986
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…reaction and retreat in the guise of rationalism and progress. The question of what the technology does is important, but far more important is who it is doing it for and who it is doing it to. See "The Cult of Information" by Theodore Roszak.
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