Cyberspace

Although many people probably haven't noticed, they have become cyborgs already. Simply by using a telephone. It's not the neurological implant that makes a cyborg. Wether you have an implant or just a little speaker pressed to your ear doesn't matter, that's just a different interface (like the early modems were Akustikkopplers).
The significant fact is that you are using technology to extend your human capabilities to do something that you otherwise would not be capable of, like talking to someone on the other side of this planet like that person was in the very same room with you.
What makes technology a "part" of you, is the way you use it, taking it for granted, the whole process, starting with the desire of wanting to talk to another person over picking up the phone to talking. All without any conscious thought required, like just starting to talk to someone in the same room, one fluid sequence of actions. When you start to feel "handicapped" without a phone, uneasy because people cannot reach you (handicapped, like a limb or sense would be missing), you know you are there.
This isn't just true for phones. It goes for any modern technology that is so simple to use that you use it in your daily life without consciously thinking about it. Ever felt alienated standing on some highway bridge aside your broken down car? Ever notice how you think about getting to places you actually think about how to best get there in a car (in terms of how much time it takes to get you there, where to park, etc.)? Your whole perception of the world changes.
Welcome, cyborg, to the brave new world.

The future is already here, it arrived years ago. If you think that Cyberspace is Science Fiction or a nice graphical representation of the net you haven't understood a thing. We're heading for it with warp 9.9 and we're already pretty close. The net will change our society like nothing ever before. If you think you are exempt because you don't care about computers, you are mistaken, for it will arrive and influence your life anyway. Scared? Don't be, there is nothing you can do about it. ;-)

Technologies like cookies, ActiveX, smart dynamic advertising (like DoubleClick's DART) take away your privacy this very moment.
Do you read and post to News? Go to Deja News and do a search for your own name for a quick special user interest profile of yourself.
Unsolicited spam email doesn't mean anything to you? Well, not yet.
What? You still don't know what I am talking about? Then you are a hopeless case. :-)
Good thing there are people like the EFF who will defend your rights in cyberspace.

Some readings to catch up:

If you want to know how society tries to deal with the new problems that arise from the net, read Bruce Sterlings " The Hacker Crackdown".

There are some WebRings too, ScienceFiction Zines and Chatsubo: SF cyberpunk stories.

Magazines for wannabee-hippsters or just plain curious people: Wired, Phrack, 2600, SF Eye