Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence Clark AndyPaperback
Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence Clark AndyPaperback From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about…
Specifikacia Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence Clark AndyPaperback
Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence Clark AndyPaperback
From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something to be feared--we already are cyborgs.In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what makes humans so different from other species is our capacity to fully incorporate tools and supporting cultural practices into our existence. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently.
Our minds are primed to seek out and incorporate non-biological resources, so that we actually think and feel through our best technologies. Technology as simple as writing on a sketchpad, as familiar as Google or a cellular phone, and as potentially revolutionary as mind-extending neural implants--all exploit our brains' astonishingly plastic nature. Drawing on