"We Are All Cyborgs Now"
- A cyborg is an organism "to which exogenous components have been added for the purpose of adapting to new enviroments"
-Potentially happens while looking at computer screens
-Inside a computer is thousands of pounds of paper
-Technology was made for humans
-Anytime we can connect to anyone we want
-People aren't taking time for mental reflection anymore
-Cell phones are compared to wormholes
-Human connection increasing due to easier accessibility
-Humans check their phones at all times
-Hard for people to do stuff in the enviroment without using technology
-Less figuring out "your second self"
-Everyone wants to find mostly everything online
-With this equipment it is easier to lose face to face communication
"Big Mother is Watching You"
-Not always 100 percent true to stats
-Devices can track children, adults, and pets
-If a device is functional, something people care about/ can do something about, and data is valuable people will purchase
-They promote healthy lifestyles but all of the devices don't have goals
-The Apple watch aims to put health trackers on 15 million wrists
-KGoal: A device that helps track pelvic floor health
-Whistle: Makes round silver devices that monitor your dogs activity
-This could be looked at as voluntarily releasing personal data
-Some products are advertised differently than how they actually come
-Big Companies: Nest, Progressive Snapshot, Dropcam