Our fear of current technology is not from technology itself, which has been a characteristic of the genus homo since some believe prior to homo-habilis, but its ubiquitous infiltration of relational life. These fabrications have come to infuse our perception of reality and no longer be extensions of individual but fundamental to interpretation of self and environment. Considering the parity principle which expresses extension of mind through environment, self inglobes far more elements then corporal existence. What puzzles identity through technology is the self creation of a ‘synthetic’ extensor. These conditions of existential circumstance become over ruled by an idea of ‘natural’ purity as verity and a fear of technology’s dependence enforces this purity factor as accolade to aspire.
Previously it seems tools have had a dichotomy of being ‘detached’ from identity while being utilized for expressive forms. One could engage a hammer while its sphere of existence still lay outside of a self which implemented such tool. What stands out in contemporary technology is its all encapsulating functionality of interactive mediation. Self must mediate through it and this questions identity. Boundaries of individual no longer are seen through direct contact but a junction of mediation reflects a mimesis where activity bridges minds.
While the dilemma of this technology stems from the fact that it is seen, would self boundary be questioned as much if only technology’s abilities were present?

Mediation Mimesis

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