Fusion of man and machine
An example of cyber-punk fiction that i found online is entitled 'The Girl who was Plugged in" the plot entails:
The story takes place in a future world, where almost everything is controlled by corporate interests. Corporations control consumers through the celebrities they set up, and product placement. The protagonist, P.Burke is enlisted to become one of these celebrities. P.Burke's consciousness is transferred into a perfect body by a computer. The perfect body, also known as Delphi, is controlled by P.Burke's brain, which is still physically located in her original body. After the transformation, Delphi travels the world using products, promoting them to the masses.
The story is told by someone from the future, speaking to a modern person. The narrator addresses the reader as "zombie" and "dead daddy". The book ends with "better believe it zombie, it's a great future out there". This device is intended to make the reader think about the ways one is controlled by what one buys, and how one views celebrities as role models.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Was_Plugged_In)
An example of current news story that relates to the topic of Fusion of Man and Machine is a news story by (CNN) -- This talks of how by 2020 exciting advances in bio-interfacing will make it possible for a wider range of diseases to be treated electronically
Fusion of Man and Machine - My cyberpunk fiction.
With the discovery of this new technology that will supposedly make it possible to create cures for many diseases, a new threat is born. With the genetic interference of bio-interfacing in human DNA a new breed will be born. This breed will no longer be the human species, yet a mechanical version of the human race. With the treatment of diseases such as Parkinson's a consequence will be that of loss of humanity. The question posed is will the cure of these life threatening diseases be worth the risk of loosing all human aspects of life. A loss of emotion and feeling will result in these bio human breeds. With the development of this technology the risk that is at hand is that the technology will become way to advanced that it could create an immortal human race where the meaning of life itself will become meaningless. The human race will become a body of mindless drones in order to save a few lives we are really compromising the entire human race. What will become of existence when each living individual is no longer an living entity with human feelings and meaning yet a mindeless drone and the world becoming a post-industrial dystopia
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