Week 5:Cyborg

This week as we took a look at dystopian societies I think that a major theme was what is it that makes us happy. The dystopian society looks at life in a society that has been affected by a hypothetical possibility of the future. We see within this society, one way that humans could react to changes that could affect our race, and how humans would adapt. Through these changes, normal life is redefined.

"Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive and what is destructive."(LeGuin 2)

Week 4:Integrated Circuit

This week we discussed what a cyborg is and our thoughts and opinions on cyborgs, as well as some ideas of a changing future. Some of what was discussed was about humanity and how we view humanity in relation to the cyborgs. The quote that stuck out to me this week was regarding the need for the family structure to evolve in order to maintain our humanity. This aspect was of particular interest to me, as family structures have certainly evolved over time, and as we have seen the current structure may be broken, and many studies show that monogamy goes against human nature, so it may be much more human to be involved in plural relationships, and to change our family structures.



"We may welcome this evolution of the family or we may resist it, but we must begin conspicuously choosing sustainable family structures that support the welfare of our children, or we may risk the very survival of humanity."(Dr. Anapol)