Writings

Here are drafts of some of my writings along with links to items I've published that have shown up on the Web. I place these here for educational purposes only under rules of "fair use" in educational settings. Please observe any copyrights that appear on these pages.

— Langdon Winner

1. Cyberlibertarian Myths and the Prospects for Community

This is a draft of an article written for a conference on Ethics and Computing held at Erasmus University in The Netherlands, June 1997. It contains my critique of the banal fantasies that pass as "vision" among of many of those who speculate about cyberspace and politics in our time.

2. The Handwriting on the Wall: Resisting Technoglobalism's Assault on Education

This is a talk first given at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, now published in a book edited by Marita Moll, Tech High: Globalization and the Future of Canadian Education.

3.  Computers and Hope in an Urban Ark

Brief article on one of my favorite institutions, The Ark in downtown Troy, New York.  Why aren't there more?

4.  How Technomania is Overtaking the Millennium

Op ed piece from Newsday on what may be the dominant social ideology of our time.