Response to The Cyborg In Us All

Response to: The Cyborg In Us All

In so many ways, us humans have become cyborgs. This article explores the various ways we have become extremely dependent on electronic/mechanical devices. So dependent, in fact, that many of our functions and corresponding actions are replaced by machines and computers. In the medical field, we have cochlear implants and ECoG implants that assist people who lack the ability to perform certain functions. However the author in this article delves into the theory that humans will eventually want to become more cyborg-like in a sense even when they are fully healthy.

I suppose my question in response to this situation, or problem depending on how you look at this, is this going to be a bad thing? Well, looking at how we have become almost entirely dependent on our cell phone devices and the innumerable problems that come with our attachment to it, it is pretty obvious that we are already cyborgs. What would happen when deepen that attachment and allow it to grow stronger by adding more things to be dependent upon?

As a New Media student, I feel like this is the main problem that I see with evolving technology. Even though I am in this program by choice and I really am fascinated by the growth of our technology sphere, I am also almost terrified of how we will be defined in the next few centuries. In many ways, technology advancements have allowed for every generation to become smarter and more creative. However, it has also made us less independent in many ways. We know that technology will continue to develop and evolve, but are there going to be ways for us to stop it from changing our individual lives so drastically that we lose touch of what the world looks like when we look up from our phones?