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A 4 page discussion of the blending that is occurring between man and machine. This paper reviews the work of Director David Cronenberg, author Donna Harraway, and philosopher Martin Heidegger. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The impact that technology has had on human beings is multifaceted. In one sense technology has been an enabler. In another it has been a hindrance aspects
of human relationships with the natural world. This duality has, in fact, been in place since ancient times and the invention of that first rock tool. Philosophers have
struggled with the question of how to maintain our humanness in the face of technogical influences that attempt to strip us of that humanness. This struggle, of course, is
a dialectical struggle, a struggle to resolve the differences that exist between technology and man rather than accepting the possibility that one, in fact, is becoming the other. Some,
however, are beginning to embrace that change. Director David Cronenberg, author Donna Harraway, and philosopher Martin Heidegger are among those that are accepting the interblending that is occurring between
technology and man. Cronenberg, perhaps, presents the most radical insight into the changes that mankind is incurring as a result of technology.
His visions are of man and machine actually blending into one entity, visions of human skin and metal fusing together in acts of sex and love. Harraway explores technology
from a feminist perspective, from the perspective of how man and machine can blend to present a more positive world for women. Heidegger views technology as just another component
of our world, not as a component that should have any real impact on our metaphysical identities. Each of these works is a
moving portrayal of their creators visions of the changing relationship between man and machine. Cronenbergs portrayal, however, is too provocative, too painful for more conservative tastes. He leaves
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