So I had promised to write a bit more about my initial experience with Scala. Here it is. In my previous post I had explained why Scala in the first place, and I had mentioned that almost all of my knowledge comes from having read a bit of “Programming Scala“. Some of my highlights: It [...]
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The quest to learn a new programming language
Some time ago I realised I wasn’t all that excited about any programming language. All the languages I knew were, for some reason or another, annoying and I didn’t really feel like having any pet projects. That, combined with the idea that learning new stuff is good, pushed me to try and learn some new [...]
Book summary: Technopoly (IV)
This is the fourth (and last) part of my summary of “Technopoly” by Neil Postman. It covers the two final chapters, “The Great Symbol Drain” and “The Loving Resistance Fighter”. You can see parts one, two and three in this blog. The Great Symbol Drain Examples of “blasphemous” ads in p. 164-165. It’s not blasphemy [...]
Book summary: Technopoly (III)
This is the third part of my summary of “Technopoly” by Neil Postman. You can read parts one and two on this blog. This part covers chapters “The Ideology of Machines: Medical Technology”, “The Ideology of Machines: Computer Technology”, “Invisible Technologies” and “Scientism”. EDIT: see parts one, two and four on this blog. The Ideology of [...]
Book summary: Technopoly (II)
This is the second part of my summary of “Technopoly” by Neil Postman (see the first one on this blog). It covers chapters “From Technocracy to Technopoly”, “The Improbable World” and “The Broken Defenses”. EDIT: see parts one, three and four on this blog. From Techocracy to Technopoly By the end of the 18th century, technocracy [...]
Book summary: Technopoly (I)
This is the first part of my summary of the book “Technopoly: the Surrender of Culture to Technology“, by Neil Postman. Especially after reading this book, I feel forced to say (and insist on) that this is just my take on this book: it’s subjective and incomplete (parts that I found less interesting, agreed less [...]
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