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what effect do metaphors have on the complex questions we're discussing? -
Answer✅✅metaphors further mystify the question at hand
how are world wars a combination of past fighting techniques and the future world?
- Answer✅✅both horseback and machine guns were used
does Winner advocate for a more inclusive definition of progress? - Answer✅✅yes
who is to blame for the "outsourcing pineapples" issue? - Answer✅✅society
what is the most likely explanation for the Dunbar number being 150, but we
connect to more than 150 people on social media? - Answer✅✅we've sliced the
150 connections into smaller and smaller pieces, or we have people cycling in and
out of our lives
what are the 2 reasons philosophy of technology never got underway? -
Answer✅✅(1) we think the only way to make progress is by inventing new
machines
, (2) we think the human relationship w technology is too obvious to merit serious
reflection
who coined the term "forms of life"? - Answer✅✅wittgenstein
who coined the term "modes of life"? - Answer✅✅karl marx
what are 3 technologies that created entirely new human behaviors? -
Answer✅✅air travel, space travel, and genetic engineering
what does Marx say will happen as we move toward a state of general wealth? -
Answer✅✅Marx argues that if people spent less time on "work", they could enrich
their individuality and become multidimensional
what does Marx's "modes of life" prove? - Answer✅✅that social changes are not
just an after-effect of technology
how are we all "makers of the iPhone"? - Answer✅✅because the makers can't
make them without us. we signal to the makers when we want something, and we
fund the makers.
is culture static or dynamic? and why? - Answer✅✅dynamic because it entails
changing relationships between what is old and what is being reconfigured
what is tradition? - Answer✅✅the meanings, values, artifacts, and practices that
are handed down to us
what is selection? - Answer✅✅the selecting, challenging, and arranging of these
artifacts and ideas in everyday life in the interaction with changing material
circumstances
what is culture? - Answer✅✅the process whereby tradition is reconfigured in the
historical conditions of everyday life. culture is both the experiences we are born
into and how these are challenged or reinforced through our experiences of the
world
what are the 3 categorical features of culture? - Answer✅✅dominant, residual, and
emergent
_____________________________ is an example of emergent culture, while
___________________ is an example of residual culture - Answer✅✅biotechnology,
the idea that the earth is flat
what does Williams call "culture as a whole way of life" - Answer✅✅the particular
formation of dominant, residual, and emergent cultures at any point in time
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what effect do metaphors have on the complex questions we're discussing? -
Answer✅✅metaphors further mystify the question at hand
how are world wars a combination of past fighting techniques and the future world?
- Answer✅✅both horseback and machine guns were used
does Winner advocate for a more inclusive definition of progress? - Answer✅✅yes
who is to blame for the "outsourcing pineapples" issue? - Answer✅✅society
what is the most likely explanation for the Dunbar number being 150, but we
connect to more than 150 people on social media? - Answer✅✅we've sliced the
150 connections into smaller and smaller pieces, or we have people cycling in and
out of our lives
what are the 2 reasons philosophy of technology never got underway? -
Answer✅✅(1) we think the only way to make progress is by inventing new
machines
, (2) we think the human relationship w technology is too obvious to merit serious
reflection
who coined the term "forms of life"? - Answer✅✅wittgenstein
who coined the term "modes of life"? - Answer✅✅karl marx
what are 3 technologies that created entirely new human behaviors? -
Answer✅✅air travel, space travel, and genetic engineering
what does Marx say will happen as we move toward a state of general wealth? -
Answer✅✅Marx argues that if people spent less time on "work", they could enrich
their individuality and become multidimensional
what does Marx's "modes of life" prove? - Answer✅✅that social changes are not
just an after-effect of technology
how are we all "makers of the iPhone"? - Answer✅✅because the makers can't
make them without us. we signal to the makers when we want something, and we
fund the makers.
is culture static or dynamic? and why? - Answer✅✅dynamic because it entails
changing relationships between what is old and what is being reconfigured
what is tradition? - Answer✅✅the meanings, values, artifacts, and practices that
are handed down to us
what is selection? - Answer✅✅the selecting, challenging, and arranging of these
artifacts and ideas in everyday life in the interaction with changing material
circumstances
what is culture? - Answer✅✅the process whereby tradition is reconfigured in the
historical conditions of everyday life. culture is both the experiences we are born
into and how these are challenged or reinforced through our experiences of the
world
what are the 3 categorical features of culture? - Answer✅✅dominant, residual, and
emergent
_____________________________ is an example of emergent culture, while
___________________ is an example of residual culture - Answer✅✅biotechnology,
the idea that the earth is flat
what does Williams call "culture as a whole way of life" - Answer✅✅the particular
formation of dominant, residual, and emergent cultures at any point in time
