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Natural-Born Cyborgs 3 editions

Cover of: Natural-Born Cyborgs by Andy Clark
About the Book

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. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something tobe 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. Technology as simple as writing on a sketchpad, as familiar as Google or a cellular phone, and aspotentially revolutionary as mind-extending neural implants--all exploit our brains' astonishingly plastic nature. Our minds are primed to seek out and incorporate non-biological resources, so that we actually think and feel through our best technologies...

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3 editions First published in 2003

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Cover of: Natural-Born Cyborgs
April 1, 2003, Oxford University Press, USA
Natural-Born Cyborgs
in English
Cover of: Natural-Born Cyborgs
October 29, 2004, Oxford University Press, USA
Natural-Born Cyborgs
in English
Cover of: Natural-Born Cyborgs
2007, Oxford University Press
Natural-Born Cyborgs
eBook in English

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