9/30/2025 Notes

Question 1

What does Heidegger say about technology?

Answer 1

Technology is a mode of encounter

Question 2

What can we learn about beings from Heidegger’s reading?

Answer 2

The way in which beings come to presence

Question 3

What does Heidegger’s reading show us about objects?

Answer 3

The way in which objects come into a focal point based on what they can offer us

Question 4

What does Heidegger believe about life?

Answer 4

Believes that life cannot be summed up in a system

Question 5

What does Heidegger believe about people?

Answer 5

We tend to perceive and interact with things only in one way rather than acknowledging the many different aspects of it

Question 6

True or false: We are afraid of uncertainty and crave certainty/routine and we project ourselves into the future

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What were the main points of Borgman’s readings?

Answer 7

Described focal points such as churches and bonfires where people are united in one place. Focal objects

Question 7

What does Heidegger believe about boredom?

Answer 7

Believes that boredom is important because it makes us aware of time, so in the modern world of technology, we should hang on to this sense of boredom