It is by no means necessary for someone to use a machine (from a smartphone to a robotic analyzer) to keep in mind how each wave of mechanization fits into …
science as an idea
The following pair of texts, as a fictional juxtaposition of viewpoints, is directly related to two presentations/discussions organized by the game over assembly during the winter and early summer of …
the constructible body
In the last decades of the 18th century and the first of the 19th century, the rising bourgeoisie constructed its own cosmology, its own reasons-for: for social relationships, for political …
the possibilities of post-humanism
In the summer of 1995, I visited the MIT Media Lab and met two graduate students who were working on computers that could be worn (wearable) and advanced human-machine interaction …