Unit 6: When Technology & Humanity Cross Flashcards
1
Q
The 8 advantages of modern technology (Ramey, 2013)
A
- communication
- information
- building materials
- equipment
- education
- transportation
- medical field
- industry
2
Q
The 5 disadvantages of modern technology (Ramey, 2013)
A
- economic shift
- job displacement
- mass deaths
- physical & social isolation
- dependency
3
Q
The […] proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on […]
A
- General Assembly of the United Nations
- December 10, 1948
4
Q
The 4 factors at risk when ethical dilemmas occur due to technology
A
- environment
- individual health
- individual rights
- affected society
5
Q
In 2015-2016, the […] released some of what it considers emerging policies related to science and technology
A
Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values
6
Q
The 10 emerging policies on science and technology
A
- real-time satellite surveillance imagery
- colonizing Mars: an astronaut bioethics
- wearable technology
- state-sponsored hacktivism and “soft war”
- enhanced pathogens
- non-lethal weapons
- robot swarms
- artificial life forms
- resilient social-ecological systems
- brain-to-brain interfaces
