<p><pre><code>  WHO, OR WHAT, IS A TECHNO&#x2F;PEASANT?

  You are, in all probability.
  Technocrats have labeled you this
  because, A) You&#x27;re overwhelmed by what&#x27;s
  going on in the various new fields of 
  technology, and B) overwhelmed, 
  you remain ignorant -- too 
  uninformed to have any 
  say in your own future.
  You are, therefore, a peasant.
  The nature and quality of your life
  is increasingly determined
  for you by others --
  those in the know: the technocrats.

  -- Excerpted from the introduction to *The Techno&#x2F;peasant Survival Manual (A
  Print Project Book)*, published January 23, 1981 by Bantam Books.
  -- http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Techno-peasant-Survival-Manual-Print-project&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0553012649</code></pre>
Who, or what, is a techno/peasant?