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Can these devices that alienate those around us, actually make us more human? Case Amber argues that our phones are wormholes in our pocket, connecting us in a practical and efficient way with loved ones?

Includes good TED Talk video (7 mins) outlining cyborg anthropology - how humans are interacting with new digital tools to extend/connect minds and selves.

Cyborg literacies and the posthuman text

Interesting BBC radio series from Aleks Krotoski covering topics such as "What is the biggest threat to privacy: governments, corporate entities or our friends?", "Is control over one's digital life an illusion? And what happens if control is lost?", " if we have all become cyborgs without even knowing it."