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“What is so intriguing about this interplay between technology and the human imagination is that here we are dealing with the equation. As I imagine, so I become – and this is the very essence of magic.” – Nevill Drury

Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information by Erik Davis
“TechGnosis peels away the utilitarian shell of technology to reveal the mystical and millennialist expectations that permeate the history of technology.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Davis

Cyborg Anthropology by Amber Case
“Technology is evolving us as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens.”

Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence by Andy Clark
“It becomes harder and harder to say where the world stops and the person begins.”
http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Born-Cyborgs-Technologies-Future-Intelligence/dp/0195177517

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