UTC Chapter 6 Technology Key Terms and Players

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Cyberculture

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The modern values, habits, and social conditions brought about by the widespread use of the Internet.

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Idol

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Any image or substitute representation of God used as an object of worship.

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Information Technology

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The use of computer systems for collecting, storing, accessing, and retrieving data.

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Sin of Commission

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The failure to avoid what God commands us to avoid.

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Sin of Omission

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The failure to act as God commands us to act.

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Terasem

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A cyber-religion, founded by Martine Rothblatt, that teaches that human beings will someday be able to attain immortality by downloading data from their brains and uploading this information into some form of robot.

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Wisdom

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The ability to think and act with good judgment.

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Neil Postman

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Author of 1985 book Amusing Ourselves to Death; describes how an obsession with technology and amusement hurts us personally and culturally.

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Sherry Turkle

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MIT professor who authored Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other.

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Technopoly

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A term coined by Neil Postman that means any culture that assumes technology is the highest human good.