Midterms

STS

True

True

Despite the efforts to close the gap between the rich and poor countries, the gap in growth and development keeps on widening.

False

In the context of unprecedented science and technological advancement and economic development all we need is yet more growth.

False

The need to shift of some yields of growth from the richer segments of the population to the poorer ones to even things a bit is the mint adequate solution to close the gap between the rich and poor.

True

Growth has been the main object of development in the past decades but the number of people living in poverty has increased over the years.

False

The concept of de-development suggests that rich countries should reduce their consumption and wait for the poorer countries to be on the same economic development.

Hickel’s concept of de-development

Instead of pushing poorer countries to ‘catch-up’ to the richer ones, rich countries should ‘catch down’ to more appropriate levels of development.

Appropriately Developed Countries

Used to refer to countries that are efficiently living at low income and consumption.

More Growth

Highlights the main strategy of eradicating poverty according to orthodox economists.

A shift of some of the yields of growth from the richer segments of the population to the poorer ones

Suggested by more progressive types of economists (nonconformist) as a strategy to eradicate poverty.

Not included in Jason Hickel’s concept of de-development

As mere tenants of the earth, people must not allow themselves to be consumed by technology so as not to lose the essence of who they are as human beings.

True

Science and technology are responsible for the ways society is continuously being modernized.

False

Martin Heidegger envisioned modern technology as a way of revealing-a mode of bringing forth.

False

Technology challenges forth because it makes people think how to do things faster, more effectively, and with less effort.

True

The dangers of technology lie in how humans let themselves be consumed by it.

True

Questioning is a piety of thought. It is only through questioning that humans are able to reassess their position not only in the midst of technology around them but also in the grand scheme of things.

Instrumental

Describes technology as a means to an end.

The production or invention of technological equipment, tools and machines, and purpose and functions they serve are what define technology.

Describes the anthropological definition of technology.

Poiesis

Philosophical concepts refers to the act of bringing something out of concealment?

Meditative Thinking

Allows nature to reveal itself without the use of force or violence.

Aletheia

Ancient Greek concepts where truth is understood, which can be translated as unclosedness, unconcealedness, or disclosure.