technorealism

{{Short description|Attempt to expand the middle ground between techno-utopianism and Neo-Luddism}}

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.{{Cite book |last=Wilhelm |first=Anthony |url=http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/29732/1/23pdf.pdf |title=Democracy in the Digital Age: Challenges to Political Life in Cyberspace |publisher=Routledge |year=2000 |isbn=0203902548 |location=New York |pages=22}} An account cited that technorealism emerged in the early 1990s and was introduced by Douglas Rushkoff and Andrew Shapiro. In the Technorealism manifesto, which described the term as a new generation of cultural criticism, it was stated that the goal was not to promote or dismiss technology but to understand it so the application could be aligned with basic human values.{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=Heidi |title=Exploring Religious Community Online: We are One in the Network |publisher=Peter Lang |year=2005 |isbn=0820471054 |location=New York |pages=17}} Technorealism suggests that a technology, however revolutionary it may seem, remains a continuation of similar revolutions throughout human history.{{Cite book |last=Nayar |first=Pramod |title=Virtual Worlds: Culture and Politics in the Age of Cybertechnology |publisher=SAGE Publications |year=2004 |isbn=0761932283 |location=Thousand Oaks, CA |pages=91}}