After reading these fiction and non-fiction pieces, the two that stood out to me as most

similar were Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" and Haraway's "Cyborg Manifesto". These were
both discussing technology's advancements and what they could mean for our world. "Harrison
Bergeron" was written first, in 1961, and illustrated a future where every human was some sort
of "cyborg" due to their handicaps. Vonnegut predicted a world where technology was used
directly in and on citizens, making them not fully human anymore. When describing the
technology that hinders George, Vonnegut writes, "And George, while his intelligence was way
above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear" (Vonnegut 1). This is extremely
similar to the way that Haraway predicted that technology would continue to develop and
expand, eventually blurring the lines between human and machine. In a sense, George is half
machine, half cyborg, because of his technological handicap implanted in him. Haraway
describes exactly what George and other citizens living in Vonnegut's dystopia are like in her
work, "A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social
reality as well as a creature of fiction" (Haraway 1). These two stories also contradict each other
in the way that Vonnegut imagined a world where technology made everyone equal, but in a
negative way. They were brought down from their higher level to match others at a lower level.
However, in Haraway's future world, she notes how being a cyborg does not have to be negative.
It can help to bring others who may be below base level up to meet those same advantages that
others have. In conclusion, both stories discuss technology and how its development can turn
humans into cyborgs, wether that has positive or negative connotations on our world.