What does these sentences mean?
1.'If technology has so increased our senses of self-efficacy that we can become veritable agents of the awful, virtual CEO's of selfishness, certainly it can be beneficial.'
2.'As I got up, I knocked a pencil out of its holder'. To this sentence, my question is what is the holder used for? Does the 'got up' means stand up?
Can somebody explain these two sentences in simple words. Thanks.

Question

What does these sentences mean?
1.'If technology has so increased our senses of self-efficacy that we can become veritable agents of the awful, virtual CEO's of selfishness, certainly it can be beneficial.' 
2.'As I got up, I knocked a pencil out of its holder'. To this sentence, my question is what is the holder used for?  Does the 'got up' means stand up?
Can somebody explain these two sentences in simple words. Thanks.

Answer

The first one isn't completely clear,it seems like we could use a little context to understand it better, but it seems to be referring to something that must be good or beneficial like it states, given that because of technology everybody seems to be more selfish than what, in general, people used to be some years ago.

For the second one, yes, 'got up' means 'stood up'. And the holder could be just a cup for holding it or anything just for the sole purpose of not leaving it laying on the table. So basically it is for holding the pencil.

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