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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harari states that economic growth could be considered a religion because it provides solutions to which of life's dilemmas?
(a) Ethical.
(b) Spirutual.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Social.

2. What is the title of Jorge Luis Borges' story about the narrating self?
(a) Quixote's Problem.
(b) The Quixote Fantasy.
(c) The Options.
(d) A Problem.

3. What causes people to believe in free will?
(a) Irrationality.
(b) Faulty logic.
(c) Biblical teachings.
(d) Biochemical processes.

4. What is the danger humans face as intelligence and consciousness are uncoupled?
(a) Taking drugs due to boredom.
(b) Losing their economic value.
(c) Losing their freedom of speech.
(d) Being replaced by androids.

5. The expression, "The customer is always right" is an example of humanist _____________.
(a) Economics.
(b) Politics.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Aesthetics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first Cognitive Revolution made Homo sapiens rulers of the planet. What could the Second Cognitive Revolution do?

2. How are modern teenagers acquiring an understanding of capitalism?

3. Who famously declared that God is dead?

4. A Mattersight algorithm uses what information to direct callers to the best customer service person for them?

5. What life-changing experience did journalist Sally Adee have when she used a battlefield simulator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the computer Watson do that changed the perception of artificial intelligence?

2. What is evolutionary humanism?

3. What experience changed journalist Sally Adee's life after she tested the battlefield simulator in Ohio?

4. What happens when everyone begins using the same oracle and believing the same oracle?

5. Politicians and economists insist growth is vital for what three reasons?

6. What is the crucial problem that may prevent humans from finding employment?

7. With the decoupling of intelligence and consciousness, what is the risk to humans?

8. What do strategy games such as Minecraft and The Settlers of Catan teach teenagers?

9. What is the "Our Boys Didn't Die in Vain" syndrome?

10. In the mid-twentieth century, what was the treatment used for individuals with epilepsy when all other treatments failed?

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