I am the cyborg

Alex LevySeptember 25, 2013

Constant Connection

• From the internet, to smart-phones, to “eye-phones”

Futurama 2010

3013? More like 2013

Okay, Glass…

Augments the “nervous system,” the Feldenkrais “core” entity

This is the dream:

We can start here:

and go here:

to arrive here:

Augments the “body,” the second Feldenkrais entity

Telepresencestart here:

go here:

end here:

Augments our connection with “society,” the third Feldenkrais entity

or possibly here:

Idiocracy 2006

Summary

• Hayles: technology is an extension of our body• Feldenkrais: eliminate tension in the body• Our use of technology could enable us to

extend our presence to accomplish great things or we could depend too much on it and limit ourselves