The Cyborg Self and How We Continue to Fill Its Needs

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The world as we know it would end if the internet was to be; disabled, destroyed or decommissioned. The people on Pinterest tend to show with the endless need to show what they like, what there doing or what there going to do, they continue to fill their need to create there cyborg self.

From this weeks incredibly long and dense readings i found that it relates really well to Pinterest, as it does to Facebook, in the sense that “what we understand as human is indeed a product of cultural and technological innovations in combination, making us cyborgs” (McNeill, 2012). Pinterest more shows what you like, what your into or what you might think of doing rather then what your doing/done. It’s post-human in a sense, but it also shows the sides of humanism in that it most of the images pinned of there only show what we as humans find important or popular. It is possible to follow people boards on Pinterest thats how topics tend to become popular or trendy.

“The cyborg self of social networks has tremendous potential for rethinking the human.” (McNeill, 2012) as “In a virtual space, you are not the only person constructing your identity.” (Luyn, 2015). These linked statements nail the world of social media and someday everyone well live with this in mind.

Reference

• McNeill, L.(2012). There Is No "I" in Network: Social Networking Sites and Posthuman Auto/Biography. Biography 35(1), 65-82. University of Hawai'i Press. Retrieved September 20, 2015, from Project MUSE database.
• Luyn, A. (2015). BA1002: Our Space: Networks, Narratives and the Making of Place, Lecture 6: Networked Narratives: Intertextuality .[Powerpoint Slides]. Retrieved from https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au/
• Carr, K. (2015). How to Tag Pinterest Members. Retrieved from http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-tag-pinterest-members.html

Image Reference

• Grossman, L. (2011, February 10). 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal. Retrieved September 20, 2015, from http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2048299,00.html