New Books in Anthropology Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, "We Have Always Been Cyborgs: Digital Data, Gene Technologies, and an Ethics of Transhumanism" (Bristol UP, 2023)
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May 21, 2023 AI Snips
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Language As A Human Upgrade
- Stefan Lorenz Sorgner argues humanity has always been a cyborg because language and education 'upgrade' us.
- Rationality is a technology that becomes part of who we are and continually changes us.
Rationality Shapes Identity
- Sorgner reframes rationality as a technology that both enables action and shapes identity.
- He emphasizes technologies alter our being, making persons permanent processes of becoming.
Dualism Fuels Discrimination
- Sorgner links Western dualisms (nature/culture, reason/body) to systemic discrimination.
- Moving past those dualities supports a revised anthropology and less discriminatory ethics.