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Introduction. One of the key texts that influenced the nature of the modern education system is the famous book “The Postmodern Conditionˮ by Jean-François Lyotard. The main means and result of transformation in the field of education is informatization. According to Lyotard, this process is associated with the legitimization of knowledge through efficiency, for the sake of which informatization is carried out. With the transfer of power to technology, education becomes an arena in which education is gradually replaced by information awareness and access to the network. Methodology. Understanding the phenomenon of informatization in the context of the education problem is determined by its interdisciplinary nature, raising issues in the field of such sciences as sociology, philosophy, cultural studies, psychology, which determines the selected approaches in the study of the material. In this case, the disclosure of this problem is based on a critical interpretation of the book by Jean-François Lyotard “The Postmodern Conditionˮ through commenting with elements of the hermeneutic method. Discussion. The process of informatization in the education field is often presented as total, not implying any exceptions. What are the conditions and significance of informatization? The efficiency of data circulation leads to the gradual displacement of the content that cannot be translated into the language of information. There is a phenomenon called by Lyotard, “shifting the boundaries of institutionsˮ, which manifests itself, in particular, in the phenomenon of decentralization and dispersion of education combined with entertainment processes. Such a combination, for example, in the same device, often does not allow students to allocate time and attention for a full-fledged lesson. Conclusion. Along with the increased demand for information technology in the education field over the past decades, there is some justified disappointment in information educational products. The output of the crisis in education is often seen in a return to the lost classical models of the Enlightenment, however, the talk should rather be about replenishing the future computerized forms of education with humanitarian content.