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100	1		_aClark, Andy, _d1957- _914403
245	1	0	_aNatural-born cyborgs : _bminds, technologies, and the future of human intelligence / _cAndy Clark.
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2003.
300			_aviii, 229 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-220) and index.
505	0	0	_gCh. 1. _tCyborgs Unplugged -- _gCh. 2. _tTechnologies to Bond With -- _gCh. 3. _tPlastic Brains, Hybrid Minds -- _gCh. 4. _tWhere Are We? -- _gCh. 5. _tWhat Are We? -- _gCh. 6. _tGlobal Swarming -- _gCh. 7. _tBad Borgs? -- _gCh. 8. _tConclusions: Post-Human, Moi?
520	1		_a"In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what makes humans so different from other species is our capacity to fully incorporate tools and supporting cultural practices into our existence. Technology as simple as writing on a sketchpad, as familiar as Google or a cellular phone, and as potentially revolutionary as mind-extending neural implants - all exploit our brains' astonishingly plastic nature.
520	8		_aOur minds are primed to seek out and incorporate nonbiological resources, so that we actually think and feel through our best technologies. Drawing on his expertise in cognitive science, Clark demonstrates that our sense of self and of physical presence can be expanded to a remarkable extent, placing the long-existing telephone and the emerging technology of telepresence on the same continuum.
520	8		_aHe explores ways in which we have adapted our lives to make use of technology (the measurement of time, for example, has wrought enormous changes in human existence), as well as ways in which increasingly fluid technologies can adapt to individual users during normal use. Bio-technological unions, Clark argues, are evolving with a speed never seen before in history.
520	8		_aAs we enter an age of wearable computers, sensory augmentation, wireless devices, intelligent environments, thought-controlled prosthetics, and rapid-fire information search and retrieval, the line between the user and her tools grows thinner day by day. "This double whammy of plastic brains and increasingly responsive and well-fitted tools creates an unprecedented opportunity for ever-closer kinds of human-machine merger," he writes, arguing that such a merger is entirely natural."--BOOK JACKET.
650		0	_aTechnology _xSocial aspects. _9588
650		0	_aNeurosciences _xSocial aspects. _914404
650		0	_aArtificial intelligence _xSocial aspects. _914405
650		0	_aComputer software _xHuman factors. _914406
650		0	_aCyborgs. _914407
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