El teléfono, el motor de explosión y las perforadoras son descubrimientos prodigiosos, pero que hubieran sido imposibles si hace veinte
Category: Assignment 3
Live session 2 [Recording]
The second live session is now starting. You now have two options, but we highly recommend the first one: Participate

Normality? Enhancement? An historical perspective
I think this famous figurine, Venus / Woman of Willendorf, made between 28000-25000 BCE, comments interestingly on posthuman notions of normality and

The Normality and Van Gogh
Normality and enhancement, reminded me of the artist Vincent Van Gogh, who is quoted on writing: “La normalité est une

Productivity, efficiency and functionality
The iPhone is a technological tool relevant to both normativity and enhancement. The device increases the ability to remember, communicate,

HOW-TO PERFECT INSTAGRAM
“Instagram is a fun and quirky way to share your life with friends through a series of pictures.” is Instagram’s

HyperCard: Imitating the Human Mind
The human mind works by association. So why don’t computers? This was the selling point for Apple’s 1987 software HyperCard,
Maybe we just need to be more human.
In light of some of our discussions about normality and the aesthetics behind our ethical judgement , I thought a

The Shame of Enhancement
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) is a rather obscure take on enhancement. Tetsuo, a typical salary man accidentally kills ‘the

Enhancement as becoming-other: The Jacobson’s Fabulous Olfactometer
Enhancenment here is an adaptation to human induced climate changes (like air pollution) with help of nonhuman instinctive behavior, such as