On this page you'll find a link to the project, downloadable as a PDF. Also on this page are many of the short essays that served as foundations for the arguments in my senior thesis, based on a variety of anime that engage systems theories, traditional cyberpunk themes and humanist philosophies. Enjoy!
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Establishing a Post-human Identity through Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell and Innocence Films
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Being Human
A simple question with myriad answers: what is humanity? Is human solidarity little more than ideological fluff that spits in the face of everyday conflicts and discrimination? And what can a little naked mole rat mutant teach us about ourselves?
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Perfect World
What is a system? What place do people have within systems? And can people escape the systems they find themselves part of? The answer to that, according to PSYCHO-PASS, is "no."
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The Chicken or the Egg?
Artificial life is the focus of many a cyberpunk tale; it assumes people have found a way to escape human limits by viewing our bodies - and eventually our consciousness - as manipulable code that may be replicated. Whether or not A.I. can even exist is a debate that's been waged since before most of us were born.
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Your Flesh is Irrelevant, Because it's the Data that Counts
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MARDOCK SCRAMBLE: THE FIRST COMPRESSION, or "Cyborg Prostitute: The Anime Legacy of Molly Millions"
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THE ANIMATRIX: "WORLD RECORD"
A short essay on the idea of virtuality, and how "World Record" parallels the desire to work past bodily limitations with trying to escape the Matrix. Viewing the world as both filled with information and something tangible allows our character Dan Davis to combine those viewpoints and perform the impossible.
Apparently I can only read your project online but not download it.
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