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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ability are humans losing because they constantly check social media and email?

2. Why is revamping the human mind dangerous?

3. According to Harari, what makes people believe in imaginary entities like God?

4. Because inventions have many applications, what two disciplines work together to create a balance?

5. Under the Modern Covenant, humans give up meaning for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Harari, what two concepts are being decoupled?

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

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

4. What do socialist humanists claim happens when liberal humanists focus only on themselves?

5. Why was liberalism criticized by the poor?

6. What quality is most important to business, government, and the military: intelligence or consciousness?

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

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

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

10. What happened in 1975 that was a blow to the liberalism ideology?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Upon what basis do modern scientists dismiss the existence of God and the existence of the human soul?

Essay Topic 2

What is the time bomb Harari is referring to in the chapter "The Time Bomb in the Laboratory"?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the criteria Dataism uses to assign value to humans.

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