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 Techno-utopianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the subsequent crash, many of these dot com techno-utopians had to rein in some of their beliefs in the face of the clear return of traditional economic reality.
Bernard Gendron defines the four principles of Technological Utopians as follows:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Techno-utopianism   (478 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Techno-utopianism
Technorealism is an attempt to expand the middle ground between techno-utopianism and neo-Luddism by assessing the social and political implications of technologies so that people might all have more control over the shape of their future.
Utopian Socialism is a term used to define the first currents of modern Socialist thought.
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 utopianism
Utopianism refers to various social and political movements, and a significant body of religious and secular literature, based upon the idea of paradise on earth.
Problem is not Utopianism, it is Lack of Open Society
All these myths also express some hope that the idyllic state of affairs they describe is not irretrievably and irrevocably lost to mankind, that it can be regained in some way or other.
www.fact-library.com /utopianism.html   (1016 words)

  
 John Conomos
This means questioning the hyperbolic rhetoric that heralds the new technologies and their limitations, closures and premises in terms of the First World masculinist, technicist and utopian myths of technoscience as an expression of Western binarism and the Enlightenment project.
The current popular cultural, literary and technological discourses concerning the more utopian seductive self-fulfiling apocalyptic fantasies of computer-mediated 'transcendental' ideology emanate considerably from similar debates in the sixties and seventies concerning the yet comprehensively charted narrative of experimental video.
As utopian visionaries they are (historically speaking) part of the popular Californian tradition of LSD and the subsequent generation of psychedelics such as Ecstasy, Adam, Intellex, Vitamin K and 2CB.
www.experimenta.org /mesh/mesh11/11con.html   (1982 words)

  
 Discursive Constructions of Web Learning and Education
In Asia there is an unlikely concordance of interests between state authorities and social activists—both passionately enmeshed in techno-utopian discourse.
Similar enthusiasm for the utopian idea of leapfrogging over censorship rules also occurred in Indonesia where the Warnet (Internet café) made learning from the Web possible for those without a computer or phone.
In reading the discourses that follow remember they do not describe objective reality and, therefore, are not buttressed by the kind of referencing (or citation) found in academic work done on a modernist foundation.
cade.athabascau.ca /vol15.2/boshieretal.html   (5247 words)

  
 PCReview: Column by Douglas Rushkoff June 18, 1998
According to the original document, posted on the Internet and announced at a Harvard University conference last month, it's an attempt to "expand the fertile middle ground between techno-Utopianism and neo-Luddism".
For those who see me as a pro-technology Utopian, or who are devoutly pro-technology themselves, it sounds like I'm about to explain why technology stinks, and why it should be monitored, curtailed or eliminated.
But to those who absolutely object to technology and its increasing implementation, the same statement looks like an excuse to stick more of this dangerous stuff in schools and homes, where children will be needlessly exposed to pornography and workers endlessly exploited by robots.
www.chico.mweb.co.za /mg/pc/rushkoff/980617-rushkoff.htm   (762 words)

  
 REWIRED
If you would like another description of the same utopian ying-yang, refer to Jaron Lanier's November 1995 editorial in the SPIN magazine issue on the future and his characterization of the Stewards (technocrats) and the Extropians (libertarians) as the post-political poles of discourse.
There is a crucial component of the technological and biologically deterministic utopian worldview at the core of WIRED's "content" which must be carefully situated as well.
Both WIRED and Wells are, in fact, utopians and elitists with overarching ambitions of leading a world revolution.
www.rewired.com /96/Fall/1122.html   (2157 words)

  
 The Invisible Can Or, Gendering Corporate Globalization Trouble
In her CUNY Graduate Center lecture, "Is Kinship Always Already Heterosexual?" (March 9, 2001), she theorizes how to position gender within the discourse of technological utopianism.
Further, Barr argues for greater attention being paid to feminist utopian fiction which helps to reimagine women's roles in the increasingly complex, and increasingly capitalistic, globalized techno-culture that has continued to marginalize the female body (and consciousness) in much the same way that scholars have denied the possibilities of utopian science fiction.
The interface between technologies, economic globalization, and centralized corporate power is arguably leading the earth toward the brink of environmental, social and political traumas unprecedented in history.
www.reconstruction.ws /011/theinvisiblecan.htm   (8331 words)

  
 earring.ca - Utopianism
people expected to be spoon-fed their utopianism suggested a passive relationship to ideas.
like me who have, through their "utopianism," turned Judaism into an "esoteric" religion that "minds everyone else's business - which everyone hates." Others argue that it is
Science, Pseudo-Science, and Utopianism in Early Modern Thought
www.earring.ca /Utopianism/reference/search   (253 words)

  
 utopianism - OneLook Dictionary Search
Utopianism, utopianism : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
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 MediaMente: "Counterculture and guerrilla high-tech"
This book was examining the culture and the art and the philosophy of digital technologies where it’s a utopian possibility.
If Spasm could be described as a book which is an optimistic perspective on the digital apocalypse, Data Trash would be an apocalyptic perspective on digital apocalypses.
It’s produced with a CD cover, which is called Spasm, as well.
www.mediamente.rai.it /mmold/english/bibliote/intervis/k/kroker.htm   (6611 words)

  
 The Genome & the Perils of Eugenic: Techno-Utopianism
A naïve techno-utopianism now so permeates our worldview that we seem to be stumbling toward a version of Brave New World or Gattaca without even a serious society-wide debate.
Despite the twentieth century's catastrophic experience with utopian ideologies, we seem not to have learned our lesson.
www.garynull.com /Documents/LAPIS/genome.htm   (1114 words)

  
 Clippings.reblog: Pragmatism is better than skepticism is better than utopianism
Urban Nomads : A lifestyle transformation from passive to fully mobile integrated being by Widianto UtomoTechno-utopianism: high Critical perspective: low Shelter : Third World Ingenuity and the Legacy of the Urban NomadsTechno-utopianism: low Critical perspective: high...
Providing a glimpse of the collective envisioning (or envisaging) of our future {cybernetic} environments and posthuman modes of technological dwelling and being.
Pragmatism is better than skepticism is better than utopianism
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 Untitled Document
There can be a multitude of ways to incorporate technology, on all points of the spectrum, if we have the courage to look past the utopian discourse to make informed decisions about what technology can and cannot offer.
Technology can be a useful vehicle in helping students gain control over their own learning, but curriculum needs to be student driven, not technology driven.
Second, tools for online learning need to become transparent, almost invisible means to learning rather than ends in themselves.
www3.telus.net /latien/writingstechnologyandwaysofknowingarted.html   (1903 words)

  
 techno
Techno music is a style of Electronic Music.
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 New media: lateral activism
The technological capabilities of the net are still a tactical method under review, but the more empowering DIY approach to the www structure is replacing sheer techno utopianism.
This dark cross-cabled techno environment grew during the course of the festival with ongoing collaborations, both technical and intellectual, and daily workshops.
Irene Graham and Scott Mcphee addressed censorship, privacy and the law, while Mark Gunderson showed how programs such as Napster could be used to address copyright laws and intellectual property.
www.realtimearts.net /rt46/taylor.html   (749 words)

  
 Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion » Blog Archive » Alarms about Techno-Utopianism
I think maybe they simply dismissed Foresight outright as a bunch of "techno utopians".
And remember they did say they were a politically motivated organization and all politics have underlying agendas.
Do not tell me that these public interest groups and Turning Point as a whole are completely ignorant of Foresight.
new.foresight.org /nanodot?p=199   (6428 words)

  
 Techno Utopianism
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 Techno-utopianism - Information
Techno-utopianism is any ideology based on the belief that advanced science and technology will eventually bring about ideal living conditions in the future.
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Some go so far as to equate techno-utopianism with misanthropy and egocentricity.
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 Techno-utopianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the subsequent crash, many of these dot com techno-utopians had to reign in some of their beliefs in the face of the clear return of traditional economic reality.
Bernard Gendron defines the four principles of Technological Utopians as follows:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Techno-utopianism   (235 words)

  
 Technology -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/te/technology.htm   (890 words)

  
 Transhumanism -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
A political philosophy synthesizing radical (Click link for more info and facts about techno-utopianism) techno-utopianism and transhumanism.
As proponents of personal evolution and self-creation, transhumanists tend to utilize technologies and techniques that improve cognitive and physical performance, while engaging in specific routines and lifestyles designed to extend health and prolong life (see (Click link for more info and facts about fyborg) fyborg).
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 Sentient Developments: Re: Cyborgs in the City
As I said before, transhumanist optimism is tempered with technorealism, which is an attempt to expand the middle ground between techno-utopianism and neo-Luddism by assessing all possible implications of new technologies so that people might all have more control over the shape of their future.
Although some transhumanists are "hardcore techno-utopians," NEXUS is only comprised of techno-realists who assess all possible implications of new technologies so that people might all have more control over the shape of their future.
Unlike most religious believers, however, transhumanists seek to make their dreams come true in this world, by relying not on supernatural powers or divine intervention but on rational thinking and empiricism, through continued scientific, technological, economic, and human development.
sentientdevelopments.blogspot.com /2004/07/re-cyborgs-in-city.html   (890 words)

  
 Technorealism FAQ
Technorealism is a centrist approach when it comes to (A) considering how people respond to technology (between techno-utopianism and techno-luddism), and (B) how to manage technology's relationship between the market and the state (between libertarians and interventionists).
Technorealism asserts that we must pay attention as much to design and development as to use, and that therefore technology decisions should be analyzed critically and skeptically in public debate, and, in some instances, should even be subject to democratic scrutiny.
Technorealism is an attempt to assess the social and political implications of technologies so that we might all have more control over the shape of our future.
www.technorealism.org /faq.html   (890 words)

  
 Democratic transhumanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Democratic transhumanism can be seen as a form of left-wing techno-utopianism or anticipatory techno-progressivism.
Democratic transhumanism, a term coined by James Hughes in 2002, refers to the ideas of transhumanists (humanists who support morphological freedom and the ethical use of technologies that expand human capacities) who espouse liberal, social or radical democratic political views.
Hughes aims to encourage democratic transhumanists to unite and influence public policy, and raises objections both to right-wing and left-wing bioconservatism, and libertarian transhumanism.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_transhumanism   (185 words)

  
 Democratic transhumanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Democratic transhumanism can be seen as a form of left-wing techno-utopianism or anticipatory techno-progressivism.
Democratic transhumanism, a term coined by James Hughes in 2002, refers to the beliefs of transhumanists (secular humanists who support the ethical use of technology to expand human capacities) who espouse liberal or social democratic political views.
According to Hughes, the philosophy "stems from the assertion that human beings will generally be happier when they take rational control of the natural and social forces that control their lives." Hughes aims to encourage democratic transhumanists to unite and influence public policy, and raises objections both to right-wing and left-wing bioconservatism, and libertarian transhumanism.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_transhumanism   (185 words)

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