I, ROBOT? TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH TODAY

摘要

The title of James Hamblin's if Our Bodies Could Talk (see the list below) perfectly sums up today's antagonistic attitude toward the human body. Our bodies can talk, after all, through our mouths, but the idea that the renegade neck-to-toe mass is a separate thing that works against "us," refuses to impart its secrets, and can and must be conquered is ubiquitous. The subtitle, Operating and Maintaining a Human Body, is also telling, encouraging as it does the concept that the body is a machine at our disposal, akin to a car that must be tuned up occasionally.