Neil Postman, on the assumptions undergirding Technopoly (as expressed in Frederick W. Taylor’s influential 1911 book, The Principles of Scientific Management):

The primary, if not the only, goal of human labor and thought is efficiency.

Technical calculation is in all respects superior to human judgment.

Human judgment cannot be trusted, because it is plagued by laxity, ambiguity, and unnecessary complexity.

Subjectivity is an obstacle to clear thinking.

What cannot be measured either does not exist or is of no value.

The affairs of citizens are best guided and conducted by experts.