Melissa Hogenboom's TED Video Analysis
What does it mean to be human in our technologically-mediated century?
To be human, independently of what context we are could be seen in many ways:
In the book of Harper, R., Rodden, T., Rogers, Y., & Sellen, A. (2008). Being Human–Human-Computer Interaction in the year 2020. Microsoft Research. Retrieved November 22, 2009., we find that been human is related to connection to other humans, to care, to transmit knowledge, emotions or experiences to others we care of.
In the article of Melissa Hogenboom (2015). The traits that make human beings unique. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150706-the-small-list-of-things-that-make-humans-unique, she mentions that one of the characteristics that make us unique is been able to innovate and produce artifacts (technology) that let us evolve. Later on, she …show more content…
What is changing is how we behave, how we act, how we connect with others, how we transmit our emotions, knowledge or experiences.
It is not the essences of the subjects in study, Humans and technology, but the relations between the two.
In her TED video, Amber Case (2010) “We are all Cyborgs now” https://www.ted.com/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now#, show us how technology let us adapt to our environment and how this relation has been changing. She also shows us that in fact, this context of the technologically-mediated century is letting us be more human by expanding the possibilities of connecting human beings.
Juan Enriquez (2009), “The next species of human”, show us how Human is adapting itself and their surroundings as part of our evolution and concludes with how the Homo Evolutis, the successor of the Homo Sapiens, will take “direct and deliberate control over the evolution of his species, her species and other species”.
So, up to now, my reflection would be that in this technologically-mediated century, to be human mean
To be human, independently of what context we are could be seen in many ways:
In the book of Harper, R., Rodden, T., Rogers, Y., & Sellen, A. (2008). Being Human–Human-Computer Interaction in the year 2020. Microsoft Research. Retrieved November 22, 2009., we find that been human is related to connection to other humans, to care, to transmit knowledge, emotions or experiences to others we care of.
In the article of Melissa Hogenboom (2015). The traits that make human beings unique. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150706-the-small-list-of-things-that-make-humans-unique, she mentions that one of the characteristics that make us unique is been able to innovate and produce artifacts (technology) that let us evolve. Later on, she …show more content…
What is changing is how we behave, how we act, how we connect with others, how we transmit our emotions, knowledge or experiences.
It is not the essences of the subjects in study, Humans and technology, but the relations between the two.
In her TED video, Amber Case (2010) “We are all Cyborgs now” https://www.ted.com/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now#, show us how technology let us adapt to our environment and how this relation has been changing. She also shows us that in fact, this context of the technologically-mediated century is letting us be more human by expanding the possibilities of connecting human beings.
Juan Enriquez (2009), “The next species of human”, show us how Human is adapting itself and their surroundings as part of our evolution and concludes with how the Homo Evolutis, the successor of the Homo Sapiens, will take “direct and deliberate control over the evolution of his species, her species and other species”.
So, up to now, my reflection would be that in this technologically-mediated century, to be human mean