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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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  • 39. io9’s Annalee Newitz consider the question of cyborg love (and lust). Cyborg romance is the flip side of the robot uprising. Our mechanical creations love us instead of nuking us from orbit. The fantasy here isn’t about making it with a hot fembot. It’s about wanting approval from our children, wanting them to grow up without obliterating us. Why do we keep falling in love with cyborgs? | io9

    39. io9’s Annalee Newitz consider the question of cyborg love (and lust).

    Cyborg romance is the flip side of the robot uprising. Our mechanical creations love us instead of nuking us from orbit. The fantasy here isn’t about making it with a hot fembot. It’s about wanting approval from our children, wanting them to grow up without obliterating us.

    Why do we keep falling in love with cyborgs? | io9

    Posted on September 28, 2010

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