1. What is the primary method of "psycho-politics" as described by Byung-Chul Han?
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Using overt repression and state violence to control the population.
Exerting power through subtle seduction and the illusion of freedom, leading to voluntary self-exploitation.
Engaging in rational, public debate to persuade citizens.
Ignoring psychology and focusing only on economic incentives.
2. Technocratic governance is a system where decision-making is predominantly:
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Entrusted to technical experts and driven by data, prioritizing efficiency.
Made by direct democratic vote on every issue.
Based on religious dogma and clerical authority.
Determined by hereditary rulers.
3. The chapter raises the need for "neurorights" to address which emerging threat?
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The physical dangers of using computers for too long.
The risk of AI gaining legal personhood.
The violation of mental privacy and cognitive liberty by neuro-technologies.
The economic costs of neurological research.
4. How does a technocratic understanding of the "common good" often differ from the one presented in Catholic social teaching?
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Technocracy defines the common good as military strength, while Catholic teaching defines it as wealth.
Technocracy often equates the common good with quantifiable efficiency, while Catholic teaching defines it as the integral human development of every person.
Technocracy has no concept of a common good.
The two understandings are identical.
5. What theological principle is presented as the ultimate ethical anchor against the instrumentalization of the human person by these new forms of power?
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The idea that suffering is redemptive.
The belief in the end of the world.
The inherent and inalienable dignity of the person
The importance of following liturgical laws.