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Information (Theology of Technology 101 (Defining Technology (More than…
Information
Theology of Technology 101
Defining Technology
Focus on application
Hard to define "technology"
Tech as tools --> Mass Media
More than just a tool?
Reflection in reality
Tech is used as a way to fulfill wants.needs
Technological Optimism
Liberating
Increasing Value
Spreading the gospel
Potentially masking
Human risks
Environmental Concerns
Responses to Tech
Pessimism
Ambiguity
Optimism
Technological Pessimism
Suppression of individuality
Highlights human issues
Technological Ambiguity
Can be positive or negative
"Bifocal" View
Celebrates pros
Wary of cons
Links to intention of users
Information - A Very Short Introduction
History
Coincides with Information Age
Life Cycle of Information
Transmission
Access and Retrieval
Step 2
Processing and Management
Collecting and Verifying
Step 3
Usage
Monitoring and Analyzing
Step 4
Occurence
Discovering
Step 1
The Zettabyte Era
Pieces of the "networking tree" is unbalanced
The "Fourth Revolution"
Three Scientific Revolutions
Darwin
Freud
Copernicus
The largest increase in technological device ownership
Life in the Infosphere
"IRL" and "AFK" became a thing
Gap is getting smaller and smaller
First came industrial revolution
Future world could potentially be synonomous