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techno-fundamentalist en · ADJ

Etymology

From techno- + fundamentalist.

Meanings

1. (uncommon) Of or pertaining to techno-fundamentalism.
   • Such heady predictions of technological revolution have become so com¬ mon, so accepted in our techno-fundamentalist culture, that even when John Updike criticized Kelly's vision in an essay published a month later in The New York Times Book Review , he did not so much doubt Kelly's vision of a universal digital library as lament it. 2011, Siva Vaidhyanathan, “Copyright Jungle”, in Alison Alexander, Jarice Hanson, editors, Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Mass Media and Society, 11th edition, McGraw-Hill, page 107:
   • Vaidhyanathan suggests that “techno-fundamentalist” faith in technology has led to much suffering, noting that, for Dante, pride was the gravest of the seven deadly sins. 2013, Ken Hillis, Michael Petit, Kylie Jarrett, “Savvy Searchers, Faithful Acolytes, “Don’t be Evil”” (chapter 7), in Google and the Culture of Search, Routledge, page 187:
   • As such the techno-fundamentalist mindset reflects an implicit belief that technology offers a means to substantially improve current forms of everyday life and social relations — including education. 2013, Neil Selwyn, Distrusting Educational Technology: Critical Questions for Changing Times, Taylor & Francis, page 49:

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