Untitled Deck Flashcards
(22 cards)
oracular
mysterious
gnomic
short catchy phrase/statements”Oracular
prophecy
a prediction
decry
express strong disapproval of”Enthusiasts celebrate it: skeptics ___ it.”
relic
an antiquity that has survived from the distant past”Today it (Understanding Media) has become a cultural ___.”
aphorism
a short pithy instructive saying”What’s been forgotten in our repetition of this enigmatic ____ is that..”
oblivious
lacking conscious awareness of”He was also sounding a warning about the threat the power poses - and the risk of being ____ to that threat.”
skeptics
someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs”Enthusiasts celebrate it: ___ decry it.”
torrent
overwhelming number/amount
crassness
(of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility”Skeptics
hubris overbearing pride
excess of confidence “The implication
bemoan
regret strongly
mediocrity
quality of being average/ordinary
Luddite
opponent of technological progress
Philistine
a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits / a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
Cassandra
(Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed
Pollyanna
an excessively cheerful or optimistic person
inert
unable to move or resist motion”The technology is just a tool
prone
having a tendency to / lying face downDavid Sarnoff: “‘We are too ___ to make technological instruments the scapegoats for the sins of those who wield them.”
scoff
To laugh at someone with scorn”McLuhan ___ at the idea
chide
to ride them or get on their case
bulldozes flatten with or as if with a bulldozer “The computer screen ___ our doubts”
