The relationship between humans and technology is often viewed as a debate between technophobes who oppose technology, irrespective of its benefits, and technophiles who think that all technology is good. Chris Toumey prefers the cyborg point of view.
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Toumey, C. Plenty of gloom and doom at the bottom?. Nature Nanotech 4, 396–397 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.163
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