Are We All Cyborgs?

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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea THE FUTURE IS NOW Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Whether it’s using animals to farm, the printing press or the modern computer, there’s no doubt technology has played a hugely important part in our lives for as long as we can remember. But today, there are more and more people mixing technology and biology in what is quickly emerging as a cyborg identity. But what counts as cyborgian? Pacemakers and bionic limbs, sure, but what about glasses? Fitness trackers? Yoga? Or even… birth control? Today Mike sits down with Rose Eveleth, host of the podcast Flash Forward to discuss what our modern day perception of a cyborg is, and why it might not be totally accurate. Let us know what you think in the comments below! ---Rose Eveleth--- Podcast: http://www.flashforwardpod.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/roseveleth Design Bias http://motherboard.vice.com/design-bias ---CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!--- http://bit.ly/1U8fS1B T-Shirts Designed by: http://artsparrow.com/ ---TWEETS OF THE WEEK--- https://twitter.com/Solaru0311/status/756586484979957764 https://twitter.com/SpencerNWharton/status/757659714377220096 ---FURTHER READING & SOURCES--- http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2016/05/26/what-makes-something-bodyhacking/ http://web.mit.edu/digitalapollo/Documents/Chapter1/cyborgs.pdf http://quietbabylon.com/2010/whats-a-cyborg/ Katherine Hayles: https://monoskop.org/images/5/50/Hayles_N_Katherine_How_We_Became_Posthuman_Virtual_Bodies_in_Cybernetics_Literature_and_Informatics.pdf Haraway: http://faculty.georgetown.edu/irvinem/theory/Haraway-CyborgManifesto-1.pdf http://fusion.net/story/294770/women-body-hackers/ http://motherboard.vice.com/design-bias http://www.quinnnorton.com/said/?p=404 http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/03/10/468556420/body-hacking-movement-rises-ahead-of-moral-answers ---ASSET LINKS--- :50 Motherboard http://motherboard.vice.com/en_us 01:08 Prosthetic leg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2z8CE2vomY 01:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADTadyRyhPg 01:17 Implant finger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dhfrUxnTa0 02:01 Dangerous Things https://dangerousthings.com/ 02:04 Body hacking video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6ugRvfS3I 02:14 Implant opening door video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkWVbpLdAPI 02:58 Terminator clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTNxGUj1-1E 03:12 Kline and Clynes http://cyberneticzoo.com/bionics/1960-cyborg-kline-and-clynes-american/ 03:21 Glen flight thrills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLH14k5Vszg 03:34 Cyborg image http://cyberneticzoo.com/bionics/1960-cyborg-kline-and-clynes-american/ 03:58 Tomorrow man Image http://cyberneticzoo.com/bionics/1960-cyborg-kline-and-clynes-american/ 04:17 Yoga college article Couldn’t find 05:18 Prescription glasses are made video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUa6hPaf2rQ 05:23 Pacemaker and the heart video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMXBR_YFocs 05:33 Blade runner clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWPyRSURYFQ 05:37 Robocop clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXOhIJg4B7k 05:41 Ghost in the shell clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAPDFwHjUf8 06:03 Body hackers are everywhere article http://fusion.net/story/294770/women-body-hackers/ 06:46 IOS 8 healthkit video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByOpv-JRnAU 06:50 Period Tracker image http://www.wired.com/2015/09/finally-youll-able-track-period-ios/ 08:04 Body hacking http://neurotechnews.com/?p=871 08:07 Metal gear man body hack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZNFkMW9uFg 08:09 Implant in my finger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dhfrUxnTa0 08:13 BIochip Implant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clIiP1H3Opw 08:17 Fifth Element https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZFH4wCLVXY 08:22 Antenna man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NivuCuwZ944 08:25 Butter coffee Experiment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzUW6iid-Ks 08:46 Neosensory video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCFEFXWGyc 08:48 Yoga video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd4uJ_8oE4g 08:50 - 08:51 Biohackers video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0WIgU7LRcI 09:04 Cyborg image http://cyborganthropology.com/What_is_a_Cyborg%3F 09:19 Post human book http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo3769963.html ---MUSIC--- Monotone - Minimalist https://soundcloud.com/montone-2/minimalist ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------­-­-­-­- Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) (who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)