“What is so intriguing about this interplay between technology and the human imagination is that here we are dealing with the equation. As I imagine, so I become - and this is the very essence of magic.” - Nevill Drury Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information by Erik Davis “TechGnosis peels away the utilitarian shell of technology to reveal the mystical and millennialist expectations that permeate the history of technology.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Davis Cyborg Anthropology by Amber Case “Technology is evolving us as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens.” www.ted.com/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence by Andy Clark "It becomes harder and harder to say where the world stops and the person begins." www.amazon.com/Natural-Born-Cyborgs-Technologies-Future-Intelligence/dp/0195177517 Special thanks to Beeple for additional animations: beeple-crap.com For more information on Norton security, please go here: us.norton.com Join Jason Silva every week as he freestyles his way into the complex systems of society, technology and human existence and discusses the truth and beauty of science in a form of existential jazz. New episodes every Tuesday. Watch More Shots of Awe on TestTube testtube.com/shotsofawe Subscribe now! www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=shotsofawe Jason Silva on Twitter twitter.com/jasonsilva Jason Silva on Facebook facebook.com/jasonlsilva Jason Silva on Google+ plus.google.com/102906645951658302785