Highly interesting, provocative and easy to read.... Natural-Born Cyborgs is impressive and entertaining, giving the book a potentially wide audience that includes those interested in cognitive science, performance art and the philosophy of mind.
Nature
In this lively and provocative treatise, Clark declares that we are, in fact, 'human technology symbionts' or 'natural-born cyborgs,' always seeking ways to ... Read moreenhance our biological mental capacities through technology, an intriguing claim he supports with a brisk history of biotechnology mergers, which currently range from pacemakers to the way a pilot of a commercial airplane is but one component in an elaborate 'biotechnological problem-solving matrix.'
San Diego Union-Tribune
A book that is at once profound, ground breaking, and delightful reading. Clark, more than anybody, understands how human nature is shaped by the technology and culture through which it finds expression. Bravo!
Jerome Bruner, University Professor, New York University, and author of Making Stories
This is a marvelous book, one I intend to use and reuse. I want to teach a course using it. I want to tell my friends. The neatest part is that it is both fun and deep, a hard trick to pull off, but Clark managed wonderfully. He combines a broad array of insights and stories into a charming, yet profound, excursion into what it means to be human as more and more we rely upon
and may even be coupled toour technology. I read it in a day, but I know I will return to it often.Donald Norman, Professor of Computer Science, Northwestern University, and author of Emotional Design
Andy Clark has given us an exciting yet realistic vision of what lies ahead. If you've ever wondered what Cyborgs are really all about, this is where you will find your answers.
Kevin Warwick, Professor of Cybernetics, University of Reading, and author of I, Cyborg
Clark does an excellent job of explaining the increasing symbiosis between humans and the machines they create.
Dallas Morning News
Andy Clark's lucid book is itself one act in the larger Cognitive Drama that it so clearly portrays. We humans are already 'Cyborgs,' and have been for thousands of years, blissfully and profitably embedded in a culture-wide family of Powerful Cognitive Mechanisms, one of which is The Widely-Read Book
like this one! Read it, and see yourself as never before.Paul M. Churchland, past president of the American Philosophical Association, and author of The Engine of Reason, The Seat of the Soul
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