The late cultural critic Neil Postman distinguished Software-employing societies from technological societies and from what he referred to as "technopolies," societies that happen to be dominated by the ideology of technological and scientific development to your exclusion or harm of other cultural techniques, values, and entire world-views.[75]
Kritikus budaya sané panguntat Neil Postman minayang masyarakat sané ngawigunayang alat saking masyarakat teknologi miwah napi sané kasengguh "teknopoli," masyarakat sané akéhan ideologi kemajuan teknologi miwah ilmiah sané nepis utawi ngaonang praktik budaya, nilai, miwah pandangan dunia tiosan.