 Originally written as a report on the influence of technology in exact sciences, commissioned by the "Conseil des universités du Québec", the book was influential.Lyotard later admitted that he had a "less than limited" knowledge of the science he was to write about, deeming "The Postmodern Condition" his worst book.Lyotard criticizes metanarratives such as reductionism and teleological notions of human history such as those of the Enlightenment and Marxism, arguing that they have become untenable because of technological progress in the areas of communication, mass media and computer science.