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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’...
Mazin Labib
Dec 7, 20213 min read
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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...
Mazin Labib
Nov 23, 20213 min read
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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The apparatus as a representation of a despised, obsolete lifestyle In the story, the apparatus seems to symbolize an outdated, old way...
Mazin Labib
Nov 8, 20213 min read
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The Matrix
The movie portrays a scenario in the distant future where AI has taken control over mankind. Humans are unaware that they are forced to...
Mazin Labib
Oct 5, 20212 min read
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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’...
Mazin Labib
Oct 5, 20212 min read
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GATTACA
The film depicts a future where gene-editing technology has reached such a stage that it has become the new normal to predefine an unborn...
Mazin Labib
Sep 20, 20212 min read
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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...
Mazin Labib
Sep 20, 20212 min read
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Blade Runner
Rick Deckard is considered to be the best Blade Runner. Could this be because he also happens to be the most advanced replicant ever...
Mazin Labib
Sep 5, 20212 min read
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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...
Mazin Labib
Sep 5, 20212 min read
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