When will cyborg oppression begin?
Soon. You know it’s coming.
A.I. is racing ahead. Prosthetics are advancing and integrating with A.I. Neuralink inches forward. It will soon be time for someone to be labeled as the first official cyborg.
You know where this is headed. People already hate A.I., and it isn’t even alive. People are also repulsed by body modifications.
We see lesser examples of this today. For instance, you still can’t walk into every Japanese bathhouse with tattoos. Prejudice against cyborgs will be inevitable.
Picture this:
A veteran, injured in a war, receives life altering medical technology. What would a civilian in opposition to the war be capable of?
A blind person with an artificial eye is banned from movie theaters for “piracy concerns.” A security guard grabs the device that is embedded in his head and shoves him when the man does not comply.
A brain-chipped competitor is disqualified from a Rubik’s Cube championship.
A drag racer is accused of having an unfair response time.
The next Lance Armstrong stripped of titles, not for steroids, but for an artificial heart.
And what role will the media play in this? We know they will push from both ends. On one end, they will push the division against those no longer seen as natural. On the other end, insults like four eyes become a hot topic for the media to fixate on. If it’s truly prejudice, where does the line stop. Four eyes might be the next insult to become taboo.
Cyborgs are coming. I believe they are coming soon. And people will continue to be people.
This is my first nonfiction entry to my publication. It’s a small Op-Ed article, of a thought that was too large for notes. I will continue to make more nonfiction, but it will not be scheduled. It will come to you as it comes to me.
I think this is an interesting idea to explore. I might do so in a standalone short story or poem.
What are your opinions? Do you think we will be alive for the first acts of cyborg oppression? And where do you stand?
This Week in Film #1
I have always been a movie buff. I grew up with older parents. My father born in 1949 and my mother… Well, I won’t say, but not far off from my father. She was forty-one for five years, so I’m sure she won’t want me disclosing her age.
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