The word 'cyborg' today is applied to beings part man,
part machine.
To most ears the word rings of Science Fiction,
while real life cyborgs walk every street without catching a sideways glance.

As Japan is home to the Android,
America is home to the Cyborg.

And when I say America I probably mean The United States but I prefer
to call it America.
And America, old grand America from Ellesmere Island to Ushuaia,
we are a Cyborg as well.

But in reality the Cyborg has much earlier origins.
They began as Chimera – beings of two or more animals spliced,
often part human.

In fact, the earliest sculptural artifacts yet found are Chimera (23,000 B.C.).

The Sphinx is a Chimera.

Animals never left the mix.

Now they intermingle with robots as often as we do,
influence the evolution of robotics as often as we do.

America invented the telephone, the personal computer,
the ubiquitous silicon(e).
These things we can't imagine living without
on our bodies
all the time.

We inject our minds into bodies of machines
we inject our bodies with minds of machines.

America has adopted the habit of filling as many needs
(or anticipated needs
or imagined needs)
as possible
with technological solutions.
We are willing to accept
problem-solving machines
into any facet of our existence.

If a task can be automated,
we will automate it.

If a flaw can be obliterated,
with little to no effort,
we will obliterate it.