In the book “Me++” William J. Mitchell conveys an idea of the emergent wireless networks’ application which provide the humanity with ubiquitous interconnection. It is really thought-provoking monologue of the author about what we have created and where are we heading to. We’ve built the system of reliance and dependencies and completely integrate ourselves with those systems.  The example of the nomadic aborigines who “carry very little and wear almost nothing” represents the freedom of movement otherwise nowadays wireless connectivity represents this freedom. The author emphasizes the importance of scale and location. Particularly what is striking about it is the concept of miniaturization along with wireless connection. So, some of the architecture functions now are performed by tiny devices which became an extension of our body. As soon as you “cannot remain tethered to an outlet as you walk the city” you must be connected wirelessly. The artificial wireless world wraps the planet in diverse terrestrial and extraterrestrial systems connecting each and every one. This “invisible landscape” forms a parallel reality. Within it we build our social life, our business and identity. The wireless networks “minimize the time required to get what we need”, thus influence our time perception.  So, our “mobile bodies” are “contentiously connected, even when in motion”. Does it give us freedom in its broadest sense? Now we are an integral part of the wireless network. So, disconnection is almost impossible because we deeply intertwined with networks.  As the author himself  writes: “I show up in the directories. I am visible to Google. I link therefore I am”.

When we reached a new level of technology development which allowed us to explore the cosmos, we started to think about a new environment to inhabit. So, Manfred E. Clynes and Nathan S. Kline in the article “Cyborg and Space” describe the variations of a body abilities’ extension in extraterrestrial environment. It is a creation of a new body “suit” which works as a survival mechanism and is an integral part of the body itself. We need to solve biological problems originated in the organism for long-term space travel since “we place ourselves in the same position as a fish taking a small quantity of water along with him to live on land”. The creation of the Cyborg is a body “upgrade” with his own homeostatic system which allows controlling biological processes and problems “automatically and unconsciously, leaving man free to explore, to create, to think, and feel”.  I suppose, it is more than body adaptation, it is creation of a new “extraterrestrial person” because those changes in our nature might lead to irreversible consequences in a mental state.