The stories arrive from every corner: a woman in Japan who has had a stroke is walking with the aid of motorized legs; an American soldier is returning to combat duty with a graphite foot; a blind man in Finland has received an implanted microchip in his retina and he can see large print and the face of a clock for the first time in his life. The changing nature of disability is in fact a cyborg manifestation of our broader human future–soon everyone will be part flesh and part compensatory device.
“What’s that Mommy?”
“That’s a picture of the old days when people just had arms and legs.”
S.K.
Sent from my iPad
Planet of the Blind 