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My Mother Was a Computer by N. Katherine Hayles and Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling

Roy Christopher

There’s been a lot of chatter, books written, and hand-waving about the merging of humans and machines ever since the computer reared its digital head. From artificial intelligence and humanoid robots to microchip implants and uploading consciousness, the melding of biology and technology has been prophesized far and wide. Humans are indeed merging with machines,… Continue reading My Mother Was a Computer by N. Katherine Hayles and Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling

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Guest Post: Ashley Crawford on Prefiguring Cyberculture

Roy Christopher

Ricocheting from such subjects as The Matrix to James Joyce, Prefiguring Cyberculture (MIT Press) is a dazzlingly ambitious compendium. As in any collection of essays, it is a mixed affair, however, given its scope, and despite the occasional lapse into impenetrable jargon, it is an important addition to the burgeoning world of cyber-theory. Roy ChristopherI… Continue reading Guest Post: Ashley Crawford on Prefiguring Cyberculture

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Guest Post: Ashley Crawford on Uncanny Networks by Geert Lovink

Roy Christopher

Have you ever been to a party where every conversation was of interest? Didn’t think so, but as host, Geert Lovink, the founder of Nettime, might just pull it off. Lovink’s latest book, Uncanny Networks (MIT Press), is a roller-coaster ride of discussion that ranges from art to politics, techno-tribes to dot.com IPOs, radical politics… Continue reading Guest Post: Ashley Crawford on Uncanny Networks by Geert Lovink

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From Modernism to Postmodernism and Philosophy of Technology

Roy Christopher

In short, that contradictions must be accepted. — David Jones To unify the thing that is postmodernism might sound futile at the outset, but Lawrence Cahoone’s anthology From Modernism to Postmodernism (Blackwell) sets out to do just that. The very term “postmodernism” is fraught with misconception, misuse, and implies an adherence to fragmentation over unity.… Continue reading From Modernism to Postmodernism and Philosophy of Technology