Amber Case - Prosthetic Culture

http://twitter.com/gnomedex - http://twitter.com/chrispirillo - Amber Case will be talking about the strangeness of humans and our prosthetic culture. From the externalization of our brains to the machine, to human/machine interfaces, to the blurring boundaries of public and private spaces, to the quick progression of our relationship with humans and computers --- to the strange fact that we externalize our fashion with exchangeable clothing. How our prosthetic devices make us sexy or not (vehicles, cell phones) and determine the speed at which we can live/accomplish goals. http://www.gnomedex.com - http://chris.pirillo.com

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[ElNerdoLoco]

A cyborg is simply an organism with both natural and artificial systems. Why replace organic systems when they can be augmented without doing yourself irreparable harm? The sci-fi depiction of cyborgs is meant to cause fear or make them seem inhuman more than to show the benefits. We are not chopping off and replacing limbs, but we are traveling faster than speed of sound. We are communicating with the entire world at the speed of light. We are far more than human. Cyborg fits pretty well.

[Teldara]

She looks cute..honestly lol.

[sobeita]

@sciencedoggy Not to butt in, but if tools are not considered a part of human beings, then it means little to know the answer to "cyborg or not?". It would just be an arbitrary classification. Dentures are fake teeth, but they're only fixed in by glue. Pins hold bones together, but they're really just floating in place, and you can barely distinguish between them and splinters as far as "foreign objects within the skin's boundaries" are concerned. How would you clarify?

[TheFriendlyMoosh]

@Screamer1989 So that's who she reminded me of! Thank you.

[Teldara]

@MrOppsadoozy I forgot I even made that comment. It's been a year. Hahaha.

[MrOppsadoozy]

won't be long and it will be a necessary prosthetic. Can't buy, sell or trade without it.

Those without will be crippled and then a holocaustic genocide of those who are disabled. mahahahaha

[MrOppsadoozy]

@Teldara

you all pussy whooped. Too much pron to take over humanity. Men are so weak and easy to take over.

[sciencedoggy]

A hammer is NOT a prosthetic, Amber. It's a tool. Unless it is attached to your body, and I mean ATTACHED, it's not a cybernetic.

[sciencedoggy]

If the component is not intergrated into the body or grafted to the body, it's NOT a cybernetic, Amber. Please stop using your own definitions and/or trying to change the definitions.

[sciencedoggy]

@ElNerdoLoco Sci-fi depictions of cyborgs don't scare me, I actually would prefer to do that. Let's shed these meatbags.

[PinkProgram]

I prefer prosthetic hybrotics and jellyfish technology :D

[RalphClassic]

KILL THE SOUND GUY.