(Mobile library) Appletopia: Media Technology and the Religious Imagination of Steve Jobs
·•●- Brett T. Robinson ·•●-
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Technology and the Transcendent according to RobinsonBy Dr. Robert J. VajkoThe title of this book gives one an understanding of its basic direction--to what degree does has modern technology become a kind of "functional spiritualty"? In the introduction, the author states his basic idea, "Apple founder Steve Jobs is an allegorical figure for reading the ways in which technology and individual value systems intersect to produce an implicit religiFrom Publishers Weekly"The technological and transcendent are now intermingled, according to Robinson, a visiting professor of marketing at Notre Dame...Robinson argues that Apple devices have become imbued with a sacred status...Steve Jobs was a visionary, fascinated with Zen Buddhism, and belSteve Jobs knew what he was doing. He watched as technology tightened its grip on the American psyche. Long before others understood the potential of the personal computer, he saw its power. But it was his visionary use of media to explain technology to a hungry culture that revealed his singular genius. As a result, even by todayrsquo;s standards few inventions approach the worldwide religious devotion that tech users have lavished upon the products ldquo;Designed by Apple in Californiardquo; ... [PDF.qz94] Appletopia: Media Technology and the Religious Imagination of Steve Jobs Rating: 4.59 (797 Votes)
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