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Augmentation technologies are here but are people listening?

“And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human.” William Gibson,...

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Facebook, Skype Give Cosmetic Surgery Industry a Lift

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Why It's OK to Let Apps Make You a Better Person

An ethicist considers the ramifications of using apps to improve our habits. And also whether willpower as we normally think about it even exists.See it on Scoop.it, via The Digital Self

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Reign of the Techno-Nanny – The New Inquiry

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'Necessary evil' Facebook a hard habit to break

'Necessary evil' Facebook a hard habit to break...See it on Scoop.it, via The Digital Self

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Technology for the body on the road to cyborgs?

Technology for the body on the road to cyborgs?See it on Scoop.it, via The Digital Self

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Apps, Autonomy, & Anxiety: a Sociological Perspective » Cyborgology

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How We Talk About Media Refusal, Part 1: “Addiction” Laura Portwood-Stacer /...

How We Talk About Media Refusal, Part 1: “Addiction” Laura Portwood-Stacer / New York University...See it on Scoop.it, via The Digital Self

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The Problem with Internet Addiction » Cyborgology

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Humanity is a work in progress, constantly adding technology

Sarah Bakewell: Some technologies we successfully adapt now feel as natural to us as our own hands and eyes...See it on Scoop.it, via The Digital Self

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Social Media and the Devolution of Friendship: Part I » Cyborgology

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The Erosion of Privacy and the Rise of Publicness…and why it’s a good thing -...

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People plus: is transhumanism the next stage in our evolution?

Inviting artificial intelligence into our bodies has appeal – but it also carries certain risks.I have often wondered what it would be like to rid myself of a keyboard for data entry, and a...

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Big Data is our generation’s civil rights issue, and we don’t know it – Solve...

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Facebook and death: Blurring the line between the real and virtual

When a friend or loved one dies, their online identity often continues for some time after their death, thanks to Facebook and Twitter and other networks. Is being reminded of them every time we sign...

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Are We Becoming Cyborgs?

Susan Greenfield, Evgeny Morozov and Maria Popova on what technology and the Internet mean for our brains, our relationships and our future.See it on Scoop.it, via The Digital Self

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Cyborg anthropologist: We can all be superhuman

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The Value of a Happiness Economy

What if generosity were a currency? This was a question posed by the Danish chocolate company Anthon Berg for its recent Generous Store campaign. The company opened a pop-up st...See it on Scoop.it,...

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Origins of the Augmented Subject » Cyborgology

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We're Falling In Love With Our Phones

A survey of 1,000 cell phone owners commissioned by Nuance, a provider of voice recognition software, suggests that people are developing closer relationships with the virtual assistants on their...

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