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Modern society as we know it has progressed in multiple
ways, such as in medicine, politics and technology. According to the Myan
calender, humanitarianism as we know it was scheduled to end in 2012, and yet
here I am, writing this blog about the future of intelligence. Cyborgs have
been seen in numerous sci-fi scripts, from Doctor Who to Smallville, and are
often associated with advanced intelligence and the future of the human race. But
are they really the future, or are they the present? Have we ourselves turned
into these futuristic robots that are depicted as evil in the media? Is it true
that when we die it will be no loss as our life is preserved on social media
sights such as Facebook? Are we truly dying if we are leaving a trail of cyber
life behind us? Could we perceive ourselves
to be a “cyborg in action, producing selves from a human-machine interface”? The
digital era defines itself and its compartments of different cyber networks as
a practice of a personal narrative (McNiel, 2012). With the track we are
leaving on the yellow brick road behind ourselves are we really preserving a ‘self-narrative’
(Kuttainen, 2015) or is it just a profile that projects what we want it to
without portraying our true self? Is the future prepared for the upcoming
economic drive that could be predicted to occur in years to come? It is although
we are too involved in our own selves to worry about what the future will be
like for future generations. Instead of playing outside at recess our grandchildren
will be playing an advanced version of a wii. Instead of our era producing kids
the population
will downsize and we will become transfixed in preserving our life and life
narratives. Is this cyber world becoming too scary or will technology change us
for the better?
Burt,D. (2014) Cyber Space 2025. Retrieved from: http://www.microsoft.com/security/cybersecurity/cyberspace2025/#chapter-1
Kuttainen,V. (2015). BA1002: Our Space: Networks, narratives
and the making of place, Lecture 6: Power. [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_69740_1&content_id=_1892306_1
McNiel,L. (2012). There Is No "I" in Network: Social
Networking Sites and Posthuman Auto/Biography, (35) https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au/webapps/Conc-camcontent-bb_bb60/items/getitem.jsp?as_course_code=13-BA1002-TSV-INT-SP2&content_id=_1242562_1&course_id=_42849_1&doc_id=42357
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An interesting tweak on the story of those seeking immortality. Personally i don't think this new age will change much fundamentally. People are people and will continue to be. I think the human cyborg will continue to be in the same way it is now, except the next generations will be a little more integrated. Any changes that happen for the worst will be too slow to realise before it is too late, as is usually the case anyway.
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Luyn.A.(2015)BA1002: Our space: networks narratives and the making of space. [lecture] retrieved from :https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au