<ICONS for Modern Humans>

Some definitions:

icon from the Greek eikon, from eikenai, to resemble.
A pictorial representation, an image. A conventional religious image typically painted on a small wooden panel and used in the devotions of Eastern Christians.
An object of uncritical devotion, an idol.

iconoclast from the Greek eikonoklastes, image destroyer, from eikono + klan , to break.
One who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration. One who attacks established beliefs or institutions.

iconography from the Greek eikonographia, sketch, description. Pictorial material relating to or illustrating a subject, a pictorial record of a subject. The traditional or conventional images or symbols associated with a subject, especially a religious or legendary subject.

iconology The study of icons or artistic symbolism.

iconostasis A screen or partition with doors and tiers of icons that separates the bema (the area containing the altar) from the nave in Eastern churches.

from Webster's Dictionary

So when we sit before our computer screens, we are actually engaged in an ancient ritual which imposes its own structure on our consciousness.

And you know what makes your computer work, right? Silicon semiconductors.

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Some definitions:
icon	from the Greek eikon, from eikenai, to resemble. A pictorial representation, an image. A conventional religious image typically painted on a small wooden panel and used in the devotions of Eastern Christians. An object of uncritical devotion, an idol.
iconoclast	from the Greek eikonoklastes, image destroyer, from eikono + klan , to break. One who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration. One who attacks established beliefs or institutions.
iconography	from the Greek eikonographia, sketch, description. Pictorial material relating to or illustrating a subject, a pictorial record of a subject. The traditional or conventional images or symbols associated with a subject, especially a religious or legendary subject.
iconology	The study of icons or artistic symbolism.
iconostasis	A screen or partition with doors and tiers of icons that separates the bema (the area containing the altar) from the nave in Eastern churches.
from Webster's Dictionary So when we sit before our computer screens, we are actually engaged in an ancient ritual which imposes its own structure on our consciousness. And you know what makes your computer work, right? Silicon semiconductors.