We are a part of the cyberspace now.
When were we not a part of it?
So were we always already cyborgs?
In today’s post modernist culture of simulation, where the boundary between the virtual world and the physical world is becoming increasingly blurred, a cyborg is not far too difficult to imagine.
When the primitive biological organism created and began to interact with technology, the scene was set for the birth of a cybernetic- organism or cyborg. The cyborg today resides within the cyberspace (and out of it) and because of the rapid advancement and the increasing complexities of the cyberspace, the definition and understanding of the cyborg also needs to be and perhaps is getting more nuanced.
Interestingly, our discussion of the cyberspace and the cyborg is happening within the ‘cyberspace’. If we were to think about the same ideas outside of this space, would our discussions be any different? What do you think are the boundaries, if any, of the cyberspace?
Post written by Bhargavi and Manasi
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I like the pun you've carried through your piece as you make your arguments, however moot. Diehard comic book afficionados might well ostracise you for the sacrilege you're committing in equating the quintessential cyborg to something as mundane (today) as the cyberworld. But, hey! It's too late to pull yourself out of that well. The digression from the argument into a series of questions towards the end makes the entire argument frivolous... and sounds a little contrived, like you're in a little too much of a hurry to finish and get on with your life, whether real or virtual.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your launch into cyber space... but you may want to rethink the white writing on black background, and make it easier on the eyes. :)
ReplyDeleteThe real and virtual worlds are all about getting on with life.
ReplyDeleteCybernetics seems to be arguing that we are constantly evolving systems of control and also that we are becoming increasingly aware of such systems.
The interesting thing about systems is that they hurriedly seem to be taking us in some direction.