Chris Carr
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Artifact: Religion
Theme idea: Humans are, and always have been cyborgs.
This chapter had a very heavy focus on religion, but I very
much enjoyed his idea of humans being cyborgs. I am not a religious person. Not
that I don’t believe in some sort of life beyond life, but I just don’t think
any of these books written by people are the real answer. I feel religion today
takes away a piece of yourself. This can sometimes be a good thing, sometimes
bad. I feel that religion cannot be considered a technology, but just like
technology on a cyborg, it takes away a piece of your own personal identity. As
I found in my research on the effect of religion on personality,
“An individual’s personality and values
can be shaped by their religious affiliation.”
Chapter 2
Artifact: Lama Anagarika Govinda
Theme idea: Do we really know what electricity is?
I found that the idea of electricity not being fully
understood to be true throughout the entire chapter, but the quote from Lama
Anagarika Govinda stood out very early in the chapter and stayed in my mind
throughout. Therefore, I decided to look further into his life and work. I
quickly found out that he was a Tibetan Buddhist, as well as many other things.
His work surrounding the comprehension of electricity is very limited, however
his life was still very interesting to read about. He is a very successful
author as well, and I am sure if I had more time to look into his books, I could
find more relation to his quote in Techgnosis. As they began to get into a bit
of a history lesson, as well as a bit of explanation of technology in Techgnosis,
I still found the quote from Lama Anagarika Govinda to be true. For instance,
the Frankenstein example shows how we really do not know what electricity is
capable of, but as we test the limits and use our imagination, we begin to
understand it more every day. However, we still may never know its full
capabilities.
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