Understanding the Culture: Chp. 6 - Technology

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Across
  1. 1. Term that refers to any culture that assumes technology is the highest human good.
  2. 3. The modern values, habits, and social conditions brought about by the widespread use of the internet.
  3. 5. Founed terasem, a cyber-religion.
  4. 7. Cyberreligion that teaches human beings will someday be able to obtain immortality by downloading data from their brains.
  5. 9. Defines information technology as "all computer-based technologies that enable people to collect, store, access, and exchange information of any kind, including peronal messages communicated via the Internet."
  6. 11. Any image or substitute representation of God used as an object of worship.
  7. 12. This type of sin is the failure to avoid what God commands us to avoid.
  8. 14. Time period when technological growth became focused on making work easier and more productive.
  9. 16. Information technology has been said hurt the depth of this; people have lost the ability to to talk face-to-face.
  10. 21. The largest problem of information technology is the loss of this.
  11. 23. Ability to think and act with good judgement.
  12. 25. Application of techniques employed to solve human problems.
  13. 26. Greek word which refers to opportunity time which is always now.
  14. 27. Author of UNFETTERED HOPE.
Down
  1. 2. This type of information problem accounted for about $900 billion in year in lost productivity.
  2. 4. First appeared in Irish monasteries in the 600s; initially used for grinding grain.
  3. 6. Users of this technology uploaded forty-eight hours of new video every minute.
  4. 8. Son of Adam and Eve that developed techniques for raising sheep.
  5. 10. Son of Adam and Eve that developed techniques for growing crops.
  6. 13. Erodes the deep historical connection that guides our interactions and informs our collective consciousness.
  7. 15. Valuable because they are potential moments of eternal significance.
  8. 17. This type of technology makes use of computer systems for collecting, storing, accessing, and retrieving data.
  9. 18. Another problem with information technology is that while it is possible to acquire lots of information, it makes many people to listen to only information they are interested in. That contributes to this type of outlook.
  10. 19. Greek word for time in the New Testament which refers to clock time.
  11. 20. How we do what we do.
  12. 22. Not helping or supporting either side in a conflict, impartial.
  13. 24. This type of sin is the failure to act as God commands us to act.