Tutorial question: Do you agree that you are cyborgian in nature?
The impact of advance technology has made the society dependent on electronic devices in their daily life. Information is transmitted through the technological mediums of multimedia, the way of connecting with others in no further than a send button on a smart phone or even call at any place at any time. (Levy, 2001) Has society adapted to the cyborgian nature? Or is society still has its sense of human nature?
What is cyborgism culture? According to Kreps, (2007) a cyborgian is a person who depends on technology in daily life, an additional to their normal human nature. For example, cyborgs today are everywhere with 20:20 vision. These external aids such as spectacles, contact lenses, and even laser eye surgery are what enhances the human senses using technology. Yes, personally I believe all humans in society now are part of the cyborgian culture using and depending on technology like depending on breathing air.
The advanced technology also has developed mechanic arms and legs to aid individuals of society to do their tasks in their daily life. It no longer seems odd or abnormal when a person who is walking around with prosthetic legs as it did forty or fifty years back where the cyborgian culture was just a myth and stories.
The world wide web has also become another world for the more advanced cybrogians. According to Hills, (1999) the virtual reality has become one of the great success of IT. Where humans believe that their life in these virtual reality games are their actual lives and the human mind is just an avatar to control them.
In conclusion. personally yes, I believe that I am a cyborgian, the use of technology is more than 12 hours per day just to connect with one another, go from one place to another, see with spectacles, and medicate myself from falling sick. Now in this Information Age, anything done by technology is possible, which has become a simulacrum of human instinct however, depend on technology to lead our lives everyday.
References:
Hills, K. (1999) Digital Sensations: Space, Identity, and Embodiment in Virtual Reality. Minnesota, USA.
Levy, P. (2001) Cyberculture. Minnesota, USA.
Kreps, D. (2007) Cyborgism: Cyborgs, Performance and Society.
What is cyborgism culture? According to Kreps, (2007) a cyborgian is a person who depends on technology in daily life, an additional to their normal human nature. For example, cyborgs today are everywhere with 20:20 vision. These external aids such as spectacles, contact lenses, and even laser eye surgery are what enhances the human senses using technology. Yes, personally I believe all humans in society now are part of the cyborgian culture using and depending on technology like depending on breathing air.
The advanced technology also has developed mechanic arms and legs to aid individuals of society to do their tasks in their daily life. It no longer seems odd or abnormal when a person who is walking around with prosthetic legs as it did forty or fifty years back where the cyborgian culture was just a myth and stories.
The world wide web has also become another world for the more advanced cybrogians. According to Hills, (1999) the virtual reality has become one of the great success of IT. Where humans believe that their life in these virtual reality games are their actual lives and the human mind is just an avatar to control them.
In conclusion. personally yes, I believe that I am a cyborgian, the use of technology is more than 12 hours per day just to connect with one another, go from one place to another, see with spectacles, and medicate myself from falling sick. Now in this Information Age, anything done by technology is possible, which has become a simulacrum of human instinct however, depend on technology to lead our lives everyday.
References:
Hills, K. (1999) Digital Sensations: Space, Identity, and Embodiment in Virtual Reality. Minnesota, USA.
Levy, P. (2001) Cyberculture. Minnesota, USA.
Kreps, D. (2007) Cyborgism: Cyborgs, Performance and Society.
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