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50 Posts About Cyborgs

September 2010 was the 50th Anniversary of the coining of the term 'cyborg'. Over the course of the month, this site was updated 50 times with links to material — most of it new — celebrating 50 years of one of the 20th Century's more enduring concepts.
 
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  • 16. Greg Smith of Serial Consign turns in a stunning overview of how bodies are treated in the military, before, during, and after combat. Lewis Mumford described the “regimentation and mass-production” of soldiers as delivering a “cheap, standardized and replaceable product” and from the moment a recruit begins basic training, they begin integrating their senses, instincts and bodies into a vast technical apparatus. Cyborg Realism: IEDs, Prosthetic Limbs and Military R&D | Serial Consign

    16. Greg Smith of Serial Consign turns in a stunning overview of how bodies are treated in the military, before, during, and after combat.

    Lewis Mumford described the “regimentation and mass-production” of soldiers as delivering a “cheap, standardized and replaceable product” and from the moment a recruit begins basic training, they begin integrating their senses, instincts and bodies into a vast technical apparatus.

    Cyborg Realism: IEDs, Prosthetic Limbs and Military R&D | Serial Consign

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