In the concluding chapter of Technopoly, Neil Postman provides some ways that the “loving resistance fighter” can fight against the American Technopoly: Resistance fighters are those who…
- pay no attention to a poll unless they know what questions were asked, and why
- refuse to accept efficiency as the pre-eminent goal of human relations
- have freed themselves from the belief in the magical powers of numbers, do not regard calculation as an adequate substitute for judgment, or precision as a synonym for truth
- refuse to allow psychology or any "social science" to pre-empt the language and thought of common sense
- are, at least, suspicious of the idea of progress, and who do not confuse information with understanding
- do not regard the aged as irrelevant
- take seriously the meaning of family loyalty and honor, and who, when they "reach out and touch someone," expect that person to be in the same room
- take the great narratives of religion seriously and who do not believe that science is the only system of thought capable of producing truth
- know the difference between the sacred and the profane, and who do not wink at tradition for modernity's sake
- admire technological ingenuity but do not think it represents the highest possible form of human achievement