Harroway and Cyborgs

Though the pessimistic views of Borgman and Dreyfus were enlightening, it is refreshing to hear the optimistic point of view from Harroway. Her claim that we are all cyborgs is, at first, one that I would immediately disagree with. If the definition of a cyborg is a human with at least some piece of technology or machinery in him or her, then the only cyborgs there are today are those humans who have had mechanical transplants of limbs or pacemakers inserted for their heart. But then I thought further. This cyborg theory could be taken metaphorically. Everyday we live with computers. That is how our lives are run. They have become part of us. We would not live the same way without computers. If this is taken into consideration, the only humans left on this earth that are not cyborgs are those that live without access to any piece of technology. And if technology is thought of as any tool (The use of tools is what separates us apart from most of the rest of the animal kingdom), then none of us are human (This is going on the assumption that those who live without computers use tools to catch food, make shelter, etc.).