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The Top 12 Books That Criticize Technology
1. Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology – Neil Postman 2. The Technological Society– Jacques Ellul 3. Industrial Society and Its Future – Ted Kaczynski 4. Black Mirrorand Philosophy: Dark Reflections – David Kyle Johnson 5. The End of Nature – Bill McKibben 6.
- Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology – Neil Postman
- The Technological Society– Jacques Ellul
- Industrial Society and Its Future – Ted Kaczynski
- Black Mirrorand Philosophy: Dark Reflections – David Kyle Johnson
- The End of Nature – Bill McKibben
- Technics and Civilization– Lewis Mumford
- Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies – Nick Bostrom
- Technics and Human Development (The Myth of the Machine, Vol 1) – Lewis Mumford
- The Pentagon of Power (The Myth of the Machine, Vol 2) – Lewis Mumford
- Technological Slavery – David Skrbina and Ted Kaczynski
- Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How – Ted Kaczynski
- The Religion of Technology– David F. Noble
**Further Reading: **
- Our Final Hour – Martin J. Rees
- Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution – Francis Fukuyama
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