UTC Chapter 6

Which of the following questions can be answered by technology?

• Is it ever okay to prolong someone’s life?

• Should we live as long as possible?

• Is it every okay to end someone’s life?

• none of these

Which of the following accurately describes our current trends in cyberculture?

• It is becoming a larger and larger aspect of culture itself.

• It has revealed positive and negative aspects of technology.

• It rarely calls for worldview considerations.

• It is becoming a larger and larger aspect of culture itself. and It has revealed positive and negative aspects of technology.

What positive effects has the rise of information technology had on culture in recent decades?

• A wealth of information is now at our fingertips.

• The cost of communication has dropped considerably.

• All of the above

• A wealth of information is now at our fingertips. AND The cost of communication has dropped considerably.

What negative effects can we observe as the result of more information technology?

• It distracts us from being productive.

• It makes our communication shallow.

• It exposes us to degrading and perverse content.

• All of them

What have we learned about multitasking in recent years?

• It can be physically dangerous.

• It can be socially damaging.

• It can make us more productive.

• All of the above

• It can be physically dangerous. AND It can be socially damaging.

In addition to considering what to do with technology, what else does the Christian worldview take into account?

• It is interested in what technology can become.

• It is interested in what technology does to us.

• It is interested in what technology is missing.

• All of them

How does Neil Postman distinguish a technopoly from other technology-based cultures?

• In a technopoly, people value technology because it makes life easier.

• In a technopoly, nonintegrated tools become central to thought and society.

• In a technopoly, people assume that technology is the highest human good.

• All of them

What is the struggle brought about by the “theology of expertise” in a technopoly?

• In a technopoly, we struggle with answering life’s ultimate questions.

• In a technopoly, we need to be connected in order to feel like ourselves.

• In a technopoly, we realize that our value to God doesn’t change because of our technology.

• All of them

• In a technopoly, we struggle with answering life’s ultimate questions. AND. In a technopoly, we need to be connected in order to feel like ourselves.

James K.A. Smith states that we are shaped more by our loves than by our ideas, but what directs our love?

• Our practices

• Our intentions

• Our technology

• all of them

• none of them

How should we bear God’s image in regards to technology?

• As creators

• As communicators

• As discerners

• All of these