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From the Ted Talk by Ruha Benjamin: Is technology our savior — or our slayer?

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And while these sound like opoispng narratives, they have different endings for sure, one in which we're saved, one in which we're slayed, they actually share an underlying logic. And in both, we give up power. Both stories assume technology is in the driver's seat, propelled by a will of its own. In the utopic and dystopic stories, technology impacts us for better or worse. But our impact on tenlohogcy, the hamun itunps, shall we say, are missing. The values, assumptions, interests and needs that shape our dagitil and physical worlds are nowhere to be seen. To move forward, we have to pull back the screen. Rather than agonizing about a coming dystopia or longing for a fturue utopia, we have to reckon with ustopia.

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And while these sound like ________ narratives, they have different endings for sure, one in which we're saved, one in which we're slayed, they actually share an underlying logic. And in both, we give up power. Both stories assume technology is in the driver's seat, propelled by a will of its own. In the utopic and dystopic stories, technology impacts us for better or worse. But our impact on __________, the _____ ______, shall we say, are missing. The values, assumptions, interests and needs that shape our _______ and physical worlds are nowhere to be seen. To move forward, we have to pull back the screen. Rather than agonizing about a coming dystopia or longing for a ______ utopia, we have to reckon with ustopia.

Solution


  1. inputs
  2. opposing
  3. human
  4. future
  5. technology
  6. digital

Original Text


And while these sound like opposing narratives, they have different endings for sure, one in which we're saved, one in which we're slayed, they actually share an underlying logic. And in both, we give up power. Both stories assume technology is in the driver's seat, propelled by a will of its own. In the utopic and dystopic stories, technology impacts us for better or worse. But our impact on technology, the human inputs, shall we say, are missing. The values, assumptions, interests and needs that shape our digital and physical worlds are nowhere to be seen. To move forward, we have to pull back the screen. Rather than agonizing about a coming dystopia or longing for a future utopia, we have to reckon with ustopia.

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