Twitter Conversations About Cyborgs

Version with comments made by @doingitwrong: http://storify.com/doingitwrong/who-gets-to-be-a-cyborg

Sorted version made by @doingitwrong: http://www.exquisitetweets.com/collection/doingitwrong/163

January 20, 2011

From the Perspective of JustinPickard

@MatthewBattles - And now I will stop. And go to bed. Thank you for engaging. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles

@MatthewBattles @justinpickard ...and cutting oneself is a sad, broken, feral, and deeply troubling recognition of cyborg's radical wildness. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard

@justinpickard @MatthewBattles - I certainly am. My own alien, that is -- not indistinguishable from magic. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles

@MatthewBattles @justinpickard indistinguishable from magic, right? We're our own aliens now. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard

@justinpickard @MatthewBattles - And cellphones are some strange, dark wormhole sorcery. Even if you download your own ringtones. Don't forget that. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

@MatthewBattles - But, like the Apple vs. Linux thing, being sold pre-packaged, locked-down, gleaming cyborgism is an issue. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles

@MatthewBattles @justinpickard ...and cutting oneself is a sad, broken, feral, and deeply troubling recognition of cyborg's radical wildness. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard

@justinpickard @MatthewBattles - I certainly am. My own alien, that is -- not indistinguishable from magic. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles

@MatthewBattles @justinpickard indistinguishable from magic, right? We're our own aliens now. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard

@justinpickard @MatthewBattles - And cellphones are some strange, dark wormhole sorcery. Even if you download your own ringtones. Don't forget that. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

@MatthewBattles - Think we are all cyborgs, as a result of our relationship with technologies, & that can be radical w'out being exclusive. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles

• @MatthewBattles @justinpickard ...and cutting oneself is a sad, broken, feral, and deeply troubling recognition of cyborg's radical wildness. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - I certainly am. My own alien, that is -- not indistinguishable from magic. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles
• @MatthewBattles @justinpickard indistinguishable from magic, right? We're our own aliens now. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - And cellphones are some strange, dark wormhole sorcery. Even if you download your own ringtones. Don't forget that. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
• @MatthewBattles - Too many points here, folded in on each other. Lost the thread. Agree with much, disagree with some. But not in a big way. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles

• @MatthewBattles @justinpickard As for language "colonizing", well, colonizing is what life does. Bacteria became mitochondria; prokaryotes aren't cyborgs. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - I certainly am. My own alien, that is -- not indistinguishable from magic. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles
• @MatthewBattles @justinpickard indistinguishable from magic, right? We're our own aliens now. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - And cellphones are some strange, dark wormhole sorcery. Even if you download your own ringtones. Don't forget that. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
• @MatthewBattles - Though this may be because I'm starting with Haraway, rather than C & K. That's probably the issue. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

• @MatthewBattles - ...into our arms angers me, for some reason. It's no more radical; just a hipster annexation. Hierarchies of purity. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

• @MatthewBattles - Hmm. Calling ourselves cyborgs b/c we use iPhones, maybe. But calling ourselves 'true' cyborgs because we implant metal... about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles

• @MatthewBattles @justinpickard Calling ourselves cyborgs b/c we use cellphones co-opts the term for bourgeois purposes. about 2 hours ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @m1k3y @MatthewBattles - The 'true' cyborg is cousin of the 'true' Scotsman, which is to say, non-existent: http://bit.ly/7eqlN about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
• @karenshancock - I was writing! And, lo, it was good. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to karenshancock

• @karenshancock @justinpickard Always makes me smile when I get up before you go to bed. :) about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard Amazing opening titles. Dripping with @mathpunk-y, @caseorganic goodness: http://youtu.be/aBXpZ5Vh1-k #portlandia about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
• @m1k3y @MatthewBattles - And the speculations that language may have hijacked the part of our brain responsible for facial recognition. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck

• @m1k3y @MatthewBattles - Rather, we *have* always been cyborgs, co-evolving with technology. See also: Stiegler on 'originary technicity.' about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
• @m1k3y @MatthewBattles - Not so keen on that piece. Haraway's cyborg was a feminist figure, standing in opposition to the woman-as-goddess. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to m1k3y

• @m1k3y "we co-opted pseudocyborgs are domesticated version of the true cyborg" @MatthewBattles RT @gearfuse: Cyborgs R Us? http://bit.ly/dHHQXv

From the Perspective of MatthewBattles

• @justinpickard And I for my part am not-unproblematically tweeting from the hip; good night! about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - And now I will stop. And go to bed. Thank you for engaging. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles
• @MatthewBattles @justinpickard ...and cutting oneself is a sad, broken, feral, and deeply troubling recognition of cyborg's radical wildness. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - I certainly am. My own alien, that is -- not indistinguishable from magic. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles
• @MatthewBattles @justinpickard indistinguishable from magic, right? We're our own aliens now. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - And cellphones are some strange, dark wormhole sorcery. Even if you download your own ringtones. Don't forget that. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
• @justinpickard and magicians aren't cyborgs, either, I don't think. Cyborg is about emancipation from biology–or transcendence. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - I certainly am. My own alien, that is -- not indistinguishable from magic. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles
• @MatthewBattles @justinpickard indistinguishable from magic, right? We're our own aliens now. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - And cellphones are some strange, dark wormhole sorcery. Even if you download your own ringtones. Don't forget that. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
• @justinpickard As for language "colonizing", well, colonizing is what life does. Bacteria became mitochondria; prokaryotes aren't cyborgs. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - I certainly am. My own alien, that is -- not indistinguishable from magic. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles
• @MatthewBattles @justinpickard indistinguishable from magic, right? We're our own aliens now. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - And cellphones are some strange, dark wormhole sorcery. Even if you download your own ringtones. Don't forget that. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
• @justinpickard I wouldn't want to fall into fundamentalism—nor to recommend self-injury! But it does remind one how rad cyborg was to start. about 2 hours ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @MatthewBattles - Hmm. Calling ourselves cyborgs b/c we use iPhones, maybe. But calling ourselves 'true' cyborgs because we implant metal... about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to MatthewBattles
• @MatthewBattles @justinpickard Calling ourselves cyborgs b/c we use cellphones co-opts the term for bourgeois purposes. about 2 hours ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @m1k3y @MatthewBattles - The 'true' cyborg is cousin of the 'true' Scotsman, which is to say, non-existent: http://bit.ly/7eqlN about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
• @justinpickard no true cyborg indeed—thx for the egregious wikipedia link—but the term was pretty rad to start with, & has been domesticated about 2 hours ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @m1k3y @MatthewBattles - The 'true' cyborg is cousin of the 'true' Scotsman, which is to say, non-existent: http://bit.ly/7eqlN about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
• @justinpickard C & K weren't describing pleistocene hunters, but humans massively & suddenly transformed for living in space. about 2 hours ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @m1k3y @MatthewBattles - The 'true' cyborg is cousin of the 'true' Scotsman, which is to say, non-existent: http://bit.ly/7eqlN about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
• @justinpickard wouldn't disagree with anything you've tweeted here; problem must be somewhere else. about 2 hours ago via web in reply to justinpickard
• @justinpickard @m1k3y @MatthewBattles - The 'true' cyborg is cousin of the 'true' Scotsman, which is to say, non-existent: http://bit.ly/7eqlN about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
• @mattthomas yeah, but it's specifically about the bookmarklet function. It's just not how I use the service—purely a personal observation. about 4 hours ago via web in reply to mattthomas
• @mattthomas @MatthewBattles That piece is about the standalone app – it adds a tweet from anywhere option the Services menu. about 4 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to MatthewBattles
• @MatthewBattles @mattthomas not the Safari extension—the standalone app. It hides the tweet window behind a button. about 4 hours ago via web in reply to mattthomas
• @mattthomas @MatthewBattles Really? I think it encourages tweeting. See, e.g., http://www.macstories.net/mac/twitter-for-mac-tweet-from-anywhere-in-os-x about 5 hours ago via web in reply to MatthewBattles
• @MatthewBattles Since picking up the Twitter app from the Mac app store, I've hardly tweeted at all. Odd effect of the app: it seems to discourage tweeting. about 5 hours ago via web
• @wynkenhimself oh no, since becoming a musketeer, my powers have been unleashed! about 4 hours ago via web in reply to wynkenhimself
• @wynkenhimself @MatthewBattles Hunh. I'd assumed it was caused by the new profile pic and the pressure of rapier wit. about 5 hours ago via Twitterrific in reply to MatthewBattles
• @MatthewBattles Since picking up the Twitter app from the Mac app store, I've hardly tweeted at all. Odd effect of the app: it seems to discourage tweeting. about 5 hours ago via web
• @doingitwrong Indeed, the Law of Uneven Future Distribution succeeds even at the extremes. about 6 hours ago via web in reply to doingitwrong
• @doingitwrong @MatthewBattles For people deep in their world, the robots are no longer the lede! It's old news! Robots riding camels is old news! about 6 hours ago via web in reply to MatthewBattles
• @MatthewBattles @doingitwrong rarely so rich a buried lede as in that camel-racing story. AND 150 quid seems pretty cheap to get set up in a robot jockey. about 6 hours ago via web in reply to doingitwrong
• @doingitwrong To be clear, the robot jockeys were created as a humane replacement for the child jockeys they had before. about 7 hours ago via web