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The document summarizes Martin Heidegger's text "The Question Concerning Technology" and discusses three key concepts: 1) Technology is not just an instrument but a way of understanding the world. 2) Technology develops beyond human control and is a threat. 3) Technology risks seeing the world only through a technological lens, which is the "highest danger".

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M2S1 Tasks Exercise1 Assignment5 Hetutua

The document summarizes Martin Heidegger's text "The Question Concerning Technology" and discusses three key concepts: 1) Technology is not just an instrument but a way of understanding the world. 2) Technology develops beyond human control and is a threat. 3) Technology risks seeing the world only through a technological lens, which is the "highest danger".

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Exercise 1.

Bring Forth or Challenge Forth

Name: Hetutua, Therese Janine D. Date Submitted: Oct. 30, 2020


Course/Section: BSAC 2B

Instruction: Do the photos (a) bring forth or (b) challenge forth? Encircle the letter of
your answer below each photo and be ready to explain your choice to the class.
Exercise 2.

Instructions: After studying the ful text of Martin Heidegger’s The Question
Concerning Technology, answer the following:

1. What three concepts remain unclear or difficult for you to understand?

a. ”Technology is not equivalent to the essence of technology.When we are seeking


the essence of “tree,” we have to become aware that that which pervades every
tree, as tree,is not itself a tree that can be encountered among all the other trees.”

b. “But this much remains correct: modern technology to is a means to an end. That
is why the instrumental conception of technology conditions every attempt to
bring man into the right relation to technology. Everything depends on our
manipulating technology in the proper manner as a means.We will, as we say,
“get” technology “spiritually in hand.” We will master it. The will to mastery
becomes all the more urgent the more technology threatens to slip from human
control.”

c. “Only at the point where such an uncovering happens does the true come to pass.
For that reason the merely correct is not yet the true. Only the true brings us into
a free relationship with that which concerns us from out of its essence.
Accordingly, the correct instrumental definition of technology still does not show
us technology’s essence. In order that we may arrive at this, or at least come close
to it,we must seek the true by way of the correct. We must ask: What is the
instrumental itself? Within what do such things as means and end belong?

2. What three significant insights did you gain in studying this text?

a. Through studying the text of Martin Heidegger’s the Question Concerning


Technology, I’ve now understood that technology is not only just an “instrument” but
it is a way of understanding the world. Connecting each one of us digitally, a window
to each others’ situations.

b. Through studying the text of Martin Heidegger’s the Question Concerning


Technology, I’ve now understood that technology is not just a “human activity”, but
develops beyond human control.

c. Through studying the text of Martin Heidegger’s the Question Concerning


Technology, I’ve now understood that technology is “the highest danger”, risking us
to only see the world through technological thinking.
3.What three questions do you want to ask about the text?

a. How can we stop the danger that technology brings?


b. What are the main factors that makes technology uncontrollable?
c. What is the role of the society in the development of technologies?
Exercise 3.

Instructions: Heidegger explained that art holds power that could save humans from
the danger of being consumed by technology. In this activity focus on art as the
saving power of technology. Discuss the artwork in relation to the general concepts
discussed in Martin Heidegger’s The Question Concerning Technology, and present
your chosen artwork and the summary of your discussion in front of the class.

I chose this artwork by Winchell Chung because it represents one of Heidegger’s


claim － technology is the highest danger. When technology is misused and
becomes uncontrollable, it could bring us the highest danger possible which already
had some cases with AI or robots in Japan.
Assignment 5.

Questions.

1. What is this data privacy scandal all about?


The Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data breach was an alleged data leak
whereby it was claimed that millions of Facebook users' personal data were
harvested without consent by Cambridge Analytica, predominantly to be
used for political advertising.

2. How does this Facebook privacy scandal relate to Heidegger's notion of


revealing of modern technology as challenging forth?
The Facebook privacy scandal is related to Heidegger's notion of revealing
the modern technology as challenging forth because as Facebook
improperly shared the personal data of 87 million users, this gave rise to
concerns about privacy and human rights of the users of Facebook.

3. How are Facebook users "enframed" in this particular data privacy scandal?

Facebook users were frightened because their personal data was leaked to
the public. Their home addresses are being shown in the public so their
safety is being jeopardize.

4. How do you think Facebook can be used in a way that is more consistent with
Heidegger's idea of poiesis or a bringing forth of technology?
Facebook can be used in a way of more consistent with Heidegger’s idea
of bringing-forth technology by limiting the infomation that we input in this
application and be aware of the dangers that this might bring and be
cautious for us to be able to protect our privacy and personal lives.

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