Here are some notes on Rushkoff that I did personally and then in class. Also featured is the term teleology. WEEK 2’s GLOSSARY:
Materiality: ‘the quality of being composed by matter’
Relationality: ‘concerning in which the way two or more things are connected’
Agency: ‘action or intervention producing a particular effect’.
Anthropocentrism: ‘regarding humankind as the central or most important element of human existence, especially as opposed to God or animals’.
Teleology: ‘the explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes’
Postulated: ‘suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion or believe’.
Constructivism: the idea that knowledge is constructed, and therefore social
Intrinsic Motivation: Intrinsic motivation refers to the behaviour that is driven my internal reward.