Re: BOOK: I, Cyborg - Kevin Warwick

From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Tue Jul 29 2003 - 23:08:38 MDT

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    At 07:06 PM 7/29/03 -0700, you wrote:
    >On Tuesday 29 July 2003 08:12, Natasha Vita-More wrote:

    > > The questions is whether Steve Mann, out of desire, is more of a cybernetic
    > > mechanism than someone who has integrated computers and synthetic systems
    > > into their bodies out of life-preserving necessity (and, as much,
    > > evolutionary). In the latter, the emotions and psyche are forever altered
    > > in regards to the personal relationship of machine/biology as a by-part of
    > > having a developed a sense of dependency and earned respect for the
    > > relationship. Manfred Clynes described the need for humans to artificially
    > > enhance biological functions in order to survive in the hostile environment
    > > of Space.
    >
    >The emotions and psyche are forever altered in Steve Mann's case. He can't
    >even function hardly at all without his cybernetic enhancements. That is how
    >integrated they have become. It has very much altered his views of reality
    >and its possibilities and altered his day to day functionng. He is very
    >dependent on these aids mentally, psychologically and perceptually at this
    >point. Enough?

    Are you arguing? I don't get the "enough" comment.

    The point is that there is a very fine line between having to have augments
    and self-designing augments and the issue I find most interesting is the
    psychological one. I am not supporting either school, but find both very
    important for the future transhuman/posthuman.

    Natasha



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