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Thinking Through Technology by Carl Mitcham (p.49-55, 57-61)
Heidegger believes that modern science depicts the real world mathematically, which does not take into consideration the ‘earthiness’...
Oct 5, 2021
Thinking Through Technology by Carl Mitcham (p.39-49)
Mitcham quotes Rousseau as stating ‘not only have “our souls been corrupted in proportion as our sciences and arts have advanced toward...
Sep 20, 2021
Thinking Through Technology by Carl Mitcham (p.1-7, 17, 29-33)
Mitcham points out an uneasiness in science and technology studies that he states is partly due to the ethical issues related to...
Sep 5, 2021
Recent Interpretations
Metalhead and Nosedive
Metalhead In the episode, there appears to be a stronger focus on the material technology rather than the immaterial. The robot ‘dogs’...
Dec 7, 2021
Kurzweil's 'The Age of Spiritual Machines' and Transcendence
Kurzweil Kurzweil talks about a paradox of how humans want to solve problems yet do not want all the issues solved. “We are more attached...
Nov 23, 2021
Dehumanization depicted in Kafka's 'In the Penal Colony' and USS Callister
The apparatus as a representation of a despised, obsolete lifestyle In the story, the apparatus seems to symbolize an outdated, old way...
Nov 8, 2021
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