<< The Inexorable March of Life | Main | Are you a violent white male? >> February 07, 2007 >> What if the Cyborg was really-real? "Haraway's cyborg represents an erasure of boundaries between human gender, between organism and machine. The cyborg does not seek to return to its origin: it has none. The cyborg thus has no moral impetus to uphold social norms or ideologies. Essentially, it doesn't care about any of us." The dischord of industry suddenly breaks through the plaster ceiling and halogen strip lights above. The sound is a light whirring, like a vacuum cleaner or an exceptionally powerful sex toy. "Harawa... what is that? It sounds like someone's drilling." WHRRRRRrrr "Maybe it's the cyborg." Laughter! Laugh Out Loud! Crack. A hole opens up in the classroom ceiling. Plaster flakes pour down into open mouths. A voice from above that doesn't care about anything, but it will nonetheless demolish universalities like it's a job. Bones too, if the Terminator movies were any kind of warning. Or Will Smith's seminal I Robot. "THIS ONE WAS CONCEIVED IN 1985. IT IS RUSTY. IT WOULD APPRECIATE A CANISTER OF DOUBLE-YOU DEE FORTY." Guh? Post-humanity is here and the boundaries between theory and the world are very thin, a razor's edge made somewhat dull by Hollywood blockbusters. Posted by Chris at 03:48 PM >> Commentations (0)
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