Who is Amber Case?
Amber Case is a cyborg anthropologist. She studies the relationship between computers and humans and how it’s evolving and transforming the way people interact with their environments and each other.
Case is currently a fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. In 2008, she founded CyborgCamp, an annual “unconference” – a conference with an unconventional, relaxed, group-based learning style.
In 2012, Case was named one of National Geographic’s Emerging Explorers. She has been listed as one of Inc. Magazine’s 30 under 30, and was featured on Fast Company’s list of Most Influential Women in Technology. Her TED talk, “We are all cyborgs now,” has been viewed over a million times.
In her work as a cyborg anthropologist, she also authored two books: An Illustrated Dictionary of Cyborg Anthropology
What can you learn from cyborg anthropologist Amber Case
Amber Case says we are already cyborgs. Technically, we’ve been cyborgs since man discovered fire and used it to cook meat.
This relationship between man and technology has always existed but has become more pervasive in recent years. Case said: “You go to bed with your iPhone, you wake up with it and read the news”.
Case’s perspective on the relationship between humans and technology is refreshing and poetic. She expressed that technology is not something to be feared. Technology makes life better for humans. And, as they become part of our everyday lives they start to fade into the background.
“Once a thing becomes part of your life, like a laundry machine, it dissolves. You don’t notice a laundry machine. It just becomes part of your everyday life,” Case explained:
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