We are all chimeras, theorized and fabricated hybrids of machine and organism; in short, we are cyborgs (Haraway, 516).
I read a piece with my Comp II students last spring about cyborgs. I can't recall the man's name off the top of my head, but he has chosen to live a computer-mediated life. If effect, he is a cyborg. And cyborg is how he identifies himself. And when I look around campus and see students with blue-tooth devices in their ears, I want to look on the other side of their heads to see if the cybermen have taken over. They certainly do seem to be talking to people who aren't there...
No comments:
Post a Comment