Surveillance has been transformed from an element of governance into governance itself. It is simultaneously government (system) and governability (self-awareness and cooperation, where the prisoner becomes the guardian of himself). …
Foucault in cyberspace: surveillance, sovereignty and embedded censorship
[ Original title: Foucault in Cyberspace, Surveillance, Sovereighty, and Hard-Wired Censors.James Boyle is a professor at Duke Law School, where he teaches courses on intellectual property and the constitution in …
surveillance and discipline in the 4th industrial revolution
The claim of “natural freedom” in the cyberverse may also seem old in our parts; Although his golden fifteen years (in ‘90s and ‘00s) are not so ancient. The fact …
blockchain: towards a legislative technology
In the previous issue (Cyborg #14) we made a brief reference to blockchain. Using the example of the first and basic application of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and specifically bitcoin, we …
DARPA wants to create weapons controlled directly by the mind
Last year, the American DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) announced that it seeks to find non-invasive ways “to achieve high levels of communication between brain and mechanical systems without …
the “philosophical” concerns of the mechanization of everything
At the beginning of the 21st century, the problematization of consciousness, in other words the formulation of questions such as “what is consciousness?”, could not belong to what has historically …
How is consciousness explained?
Right now you have a movie playing in your head. It’s an incredible movie with multiple pieces. It’s three-dimensional, with multi-channel sound for whatever you see and hear at this …
neuroengineering: the gears of mechanical consciousness
4 years ago (June 2015, cyborg #3) we asked whether consciousness and memory are techno-scientific objects. The answer is “yes” – not strange at all. Meanwhile, the social (and political) …
Integrity Initiative: the digital front of the 4th world war
Fife is one of Scotland’s counties, located on its eastern coast. Scotland is a beautiful country, rich in history and full of sights. Fife is no exception, and perhaps the …
Citius, Altius, Fortius… every day, all day… (health as continuous upgrading)
The invasion of hygiene over the past decades has been sweeping, encountering minimal resistance and making its appearance even under the guise of an alternativism that often indulges in hygienic …
engineering of everything: the atmosphere…
The American president may be mocked, asking for the return of “global warming” on the days (at the end of last January) when polar (literally) temperatures hit the northern and …
do electric whales dream of death?
The “blue whale”, if we believe the etymology of the moral panic it caused, was an online challenge game for teenagers, in which the goal for the “players” was to …