Cyborg Theory

SXSW Field Log // Day 7: Human in Which Loop?

Cybernetics arrived overtly. Fifty years of Apple, one morning of Maeda, and Carl Pei’s bet that care is still the differentiator.

Mar 19 • Marcel

Agents, Cultureware, and the Human Network Behind the Machine Network

Longform edition for Signal+Static paid readers

Dec 2, 2025 • Marcel

Cyborg - the word that left earth.

How a space medicine footnote became a theory, a life support system, an icon and us.

Oct 2, 2025 • Marcel

Luke's Hand: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

On Artificial Identity, Empathy Prosthetics, and the Dreaming Machine

Aug 9, 2025 • Marcel

Glossary from the Loop

Design terms for systems, signals, bodies, and behaviors (Updated as the loop evolves.)

Jul 19, 2025 • Marcel

Luke's Hand: Blade Runner

Watching Blade Runner with Cyborg Eyes

Jun 13, 2025 • Marcel

The Cyborgs Aren’t Coming

They're Already Here: Design, Identity, and the Already-Cyborg Condition

Jun 5, 2025 • Marcel

Welcome to Signal+Static: Fieldnotes from the Posthuman Edge

Jun 2, 2025 • Marcel

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