To be or not to be [CYBORG]technology and culture: from the promethean tradition to the faustian tradition

this paper tries to reflect and discuss how science and technology begin to more directly affect the way that is lived in the present. Cybernetics and in particular, bionics contribute an ever more crucial not only in the physical improvement of people with motor disabilities but also begin to modify their own human physiology. The first part of this work is on Raymond Kurzweil–clear example of the Faustian tradition– some arguments that give a frame work to examine and discuss how technology can influence society. The second part of the article focuses on some of the experiences of people who have been subjected to various surgical procedures for implanting bionic devices. Similarly, some mention is made investigations concerning the subject. From these facts, the characters express their views on the results and consequences. Similarly, an analysis of the political and economic implications, not only thinking from a general perspective but also, and more specifically, focusing from Latin America.In the latter sense, it underlines the challenges and difficulties faced by a region of uneven development in biotechnology research and access to resources. Moreover, in the ethical, it is concluded that all scientific development must be geared to meet the needs of social development and meeting the needs of citizens. Of what it is to generate a broad discussion in society and it is there for necessary to create mechanisms and reporting tools, learning and participation that are placed in social service for the development of social responsibility. In this sense, education in Science Technology and Society pursues precisely the purpose of cultivating that sense of social responsibility. (Diagoet al, 2010) All these elements, together, as has been said, the analysis of recent research, will serve a sinput for a reflection on how these technologies, in the first decadesof the century,can influence the way of life of individuals and to thinking way sthat would put the technology in the service of culture and not vice versa.

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