C2 Dictation – The Philosophy of Technology

Instructions: Listen carefully and write down the passage as it is read aloud.

(Teacher’s Script – 15 Sentences):

Rarely has a force reshaped human thought as profoundly as technology.

What was once perceived as a mere tool has become a defining framework of modern existence.

The acceleration of innovation, while awe-inspiring, poses philosophical dilemmas few have fully confronted.

That the boundaries between human intention and machine autonomy are blurring is a fact many consider troubling.

Embedded within this shift is a reconfiguration of our very ontology.

It is not progress alone but the assumptions underlying that progress which demand scrutiny.

Never before have questions of purpose and design been so tightly entangled.

Some argue that technological determinism absolves humanity of responsibility.

Others maintain that agency resides in how we choose to integrate innovation.

A re-evaluation of ethical paradigms appears not only timely but imperative.

Had more critical discourse surrounded earlier developments, fewer harms might have materialized.

It has been suggested that speculation, though imperfect, remains vital to foresight.

No less significant is the impact on epistemology—how we know what we know.

What lies at the core of this debate is the need to examine our complicity.

And yet, seldom has society paused long enough to ask: what should not be automated?