In Chapter 5, Postman describes to the reader the control Technopoly has on our lives and the effects of the overload of information has had played on downfall of the importance of religion today. He explains there are three technical methods used to control information in a Technopoly: 1) Bureaucracy, efficiency with no responsibility; 2) Expertise, who claim next to godliness and have no true technical solutions, 3) Technical Machinery, how we generate answers to problems. Technology has redefined the society we live in today because of this information overload. In the past we had social institutions to control the information that was available. But as technology has grown, as well as access, these social institutes, like the church, have lost their power. In the past religion was able to unify the community, weight the options and limit the distractions to its followers, today they lay defenses because of the information overload.
Recently there has been a huge push in the school I teach in to include more technology on a daily basis. Next year we would like to become a one-to-one school, so to prepare for that we are trying to use technology as much as possible, but if there is not a purpose or a benefit to technology in the classroom are we ready to go one-to-one? Are our students ready to go one-to-one to they understand enough about the basics about computer and how to troubleshoot on their own or will teachers to bogged down helping students fix their computer all time. Will students take better care of their computer if it this there to bring home and possible buy after high school. Are we giving our students too much access to information without enough supervision?
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