Cyber-Zen Fridays 11.27.20

Our dystopian life now… Which high tech, low life story will we write today?

The quote above comes from A Cyborgs Manifesto, penned in 1985 by socialist-feminist Donna Haraway as an analysis of “women’s situation in the advanced technological conditions of postmodern life in the First World”. The argument she provides gives us, the cyberpunk inspired, a phenomenal opportunity to further question the interplay of human, machine, creativity, and society.

While much is made by Haraway of the contemporary links regarding social justice across a number of issues, most notably reproduction, there is a much deeper heart in the essay. The construct of life and the organization of society itself should and will be tested as technological advance becomes life itself.

For us high-tech, low lifers longing to see the integration of machine to the full level of a cyborg, we should begin to ask ourselves how does this affect our lives, the relationships we possess, and the possibilities for not only our own individual futures but those of humanity itself?

Just pondering the possibilities of this retail holiday of Black Friday gone haywire in 2020. What do we all think about this? What do we think a cyborg future means for humanity and the individuals that comprise it?

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