14. CYBORGS & NEO-LUDDITES


THEMES

Having examined the pathways along which the networked society is developing, we'll now look at some radical visions of its future-- "cyborgs"--who like computers but believe it needs to be reclaimed from dangerous uses--and "neo-luddites"--who suspect that our civilizations whole infatuation with high-tech may be a fatal mistake. Are we feeling post-human yet?




READINGS

Read Friedman, Chapter 9, "Ecstacy and Dread."


THINGS TO DO

The second written assignment is should be given to your TA in lecture this week.


GOING FURTHER

  • To find out more avout "cyborg politics," look at Hyperlinks to/on the work of Donna Haraway .And to get some ideas about "neo-Luddism," look at Kirkpatrick Sale's"Lessons From the Luddites" (Nation, June 5, 1995) and "Interview with the Luddite" (Wired 3.06).



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