Vocabulary readiness for Unit 4

intangible
British Pronunciation
/ɪnˈtændʒɪbl/
American Pronunciation
/ɪnˈtændʒəbl/
As the intangible enabler of communications, media, and software, it lacks physical substance.
subsume
British Pronunciation
/səbˈsjuːm/
American Pronunciation
/səbˈsuːm/
It might subsume all the revolutions to come.
disparity
British Pronunciation
/dɪˈsparɪti/
American Pronunciation
/dɪˈspærəti/
No one will worry about money, jobs, wealth disparities, or planning for old age.
automation
British Pronunciation
/ˌɔːtəˈmeɪʃn/
American Pronunciation
/ˌɔːtəˈmeɪʃən/
How we can live in the long term with a high degree of automation.
complaint
British Pronunciation
/kəmˈpleɪnt/
American Pronunciation
/kəmˈpleɪnt/
I have presented complaints about the way digital technology interfaces with people.
dilute
British Pronunciation
/daɪˈluːt/
American Pronunciation
/daɪˈluːt/
People are not just pointlessly diluting themselves on cultural, intellectual, and spiritual levels.
fawn
British Pronunciation
/fɔːn/
American Pronunciation
/fɔːn/
By fawning over digital superhuman phenomena that don’t necessarily exist.
alternate
British Pronunciation
/ˈɔːltəneɪt/
American Pronunciation
/ˈɔːltərˌneɪt/
My goal is to portray an alternate future in which people are treated appropriately as being special.
glean
British Pronunciation
/ɡliːn/
American Pronunciation
/ɡliːn/
Pay people for information gleaned from them if that information turns out to be valuable.
impoverish
British Pronunciation
/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ/
American Pronunciation
/ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃ/
Information wouldn’t need to be free if no one were impoverished.
the lion’s share of
British Pronunciation
/ðə ˈlaɪənz ʃɛər ʌv/
American Pronunciation
/ði ˈlaɪənz ʃɛr əv/
But the lion’s share of wealth now flows to those who aggregate and route those offerings.
aggregate
British Pronunciation
/ˈæɡrɪɡeɪt/
American Pronunciation
/ˈæɡrɪɡeɪt/
But the lion’s share of wealth now flows to those who aggregate and route those offerings.
route
British Pronunciation
/ruːt/
American Pronunciation
/raʊt/
But the lion’s share of wealth now flows to those who aggregate and route those offerings.
trinket
British Pronunciation
/ˈtrɪŋkɪt/
American Pronunciation
/ˈtrɪŋkɪt/
Trinkets tossed into the crowd spread illusions.
disenfranchisement
British Pronunciation
/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzmənt/
American Pronunciation
/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzmənt/
Then a massive disenfranchisement will take place.
apocalyptic
British Pronunciation
/əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk/
American Pronunciation
/əˌpɑːkəˈlɪptɪk/
The old specter of a thousand science fiction tales and Marxist nightmares will be brought back from the dead and empowered to apocalyptic proportions.
groove
British Pronunciation
/ɡruːv/
American Pronunciation
/ɡruːv/
Digital technologists are setting down the new grooves of how people live.
utopian
British Pronunciation
/juːˈtəʊpiən/
American Pronunciation
/juːˈtoʊpiən/
They’re doing it according to the expectations of foolish utopian scenarios.
scenario
British Pronunciation
/sɪˈnɛəriəʊ/
American Pronunciation
/səˈnɛərioʊ/
They’re doing it according to the expectations of foolish utopian scenarios.
crack
British Pronunciation
/kræk/
American Pronunciation
/kræk/
People are cracking the inner codes of biology.