Direct Link For "The Metaphysical Cyborg"

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Here’s the direct link to my paper ‘The Metaphysical Cyborg‘ from Laval Virtual 2013. Here’s the abstract: “In this brief essay, we discuss the nature of the kinds of conceptual changes which will be necessary to bridge the divide between humanity and machine intelligences. From cultural shifts to biotechnological integration, the project of accepting robotic…

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The Hermeneutics of Insurrection

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My story for the Frankenstein Bicentennial Dare. It does a number of things. Art by @unknownbinaries. Hope you enjoy it all.

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There’s finally a photo filtering app that won’t whitewash people of color

When Alesha Randolph wants to post a selfie on Instagram, she knows there’s only one filter that is flattering to her skin tone: Sierra. Yes, Instagram filters can work against people of color.  But Randolph, a senior designer at Vox, and her fellow designers and engineers were tired of accepting it as a given. So they developed Tonr, a photo-editing desktop app built to enhance and affirm nonwhite skin tones.

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@wolvensnothere remember the talk from Vancouver on this sort of thing?

Yes! This is amazing!

If you’re interested in the talk @unknownbinaries means, my breakdown of it is here: http://tinyletter.com/Technoccult/letters/technoccult-news-preying-with-trickster-gods

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