TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANITY CROSS Flashcards
What is the difference between utopian society and dystopian society
Utopian is an ideal society and emphasize the potential benefits while the dystopian is a society that emphasize the danger
Who has written the article “Why the future doesn’t need us?” In Wire Magazine?
Bill Joy
It provides numerous things which we can do, creating the vast arrays of human potentialities and also dangers.
Science and technology
According to Why the future doesn’t need us by Bill Joy in Summary – Genetic Engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics are too dangerous to pursue; we should abandon them. What is Genetic engineering all about?
Creating new crops, eventually new species including many variations of humans.
According to Why the future doesn’t need us by Bill Joy in Summary – Genetic Engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics are too dangerous to pursue; we should abandon them. What is nanotechnology all about?
self-replicating nanorobots that are driven out of control
He is among those who are credited with being “FATHER OF THR ATOMIC BOMB” Later in life, he vigorously lobbied for international control of nuclear power.
J. Robert Openheimer
An American political activist, author, lecturer, and
attorney, noted for his
involvement in consumer
protection, environmentalism and
government reform causes.
First came to prominence
in 1965 with the
publication of the
bestselling book “Unsafe at
Any Speed”, a critique of
the safety record of
American automobile
manufacturers.
Ralph Nader
An American marine biologist, author,
and conseationist whose
book “Silent Spring” and other
writings are credited with
advancing the
global environmental movement.
She documented the adverse
environmental effects caused by
the indiscriminate use
of pesticides, which led to public
awareness and later, nationwide
ban of DDT and other pesticides.
Rachel Carson
Who is the author of “Unsafe at any speed” for American automobile manufacturers?
A-J. Robert Oppenheimer
B-Rachel Carson
C. Ralph Nader
C. Ralph Nader
Who is the author of “Silent spring” and what is the content of this?
Silent Spring is an environmental science book byRachel Carson. She documented the hamful effects caused by indiscriminate use of pesticides that led to public awaress.
Later, nationwide ban DDT and other pesticides
What are the examples of A.I in Movies
- AI Artificial Intelligence (2001)
-I, Robot (2004)
-Westworld (1973)
True or false and state why:
J. Robert Oppenheimer is a marine biologist and political activist.
False
J. Rober Oppenheimer is a Father of the atomic bomb.
Rachel Carson is the American Marine biologist and
Ralph Nader is a political Activist.
What are the 3 most powerful 21st Century technology according to Bill Joy in The Futher Doesn’t need us?
Robotics, Genetcs(Genetic Engineering), Nanotechnology
Who is J.Robert Oppenheimer before being known as the Father of the Atomic bomb?
A theoritical Physicist (also an author)
