Resistance is futile: the borg, the hive, and corporate hegemony
The Borg, a collective of humanoid cyborgs linked together in a hive-mind and modeled on the earthly superorganisms of ant colonies and beehives, has been the most feared alien race in the Star Trek universe. The formidable success of the Borg in assimilating their foes corresponds to the astounding...
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Grupo de Investigación Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales. Cibersomosaguas
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Social Sciences> Cultural Studies; Social Sciences > Sociology; Social Sciences > STS superorganisms; corporations; cyborgs; anthropocene; sociobiology Ciencias Sociales>Comunicación; Ciencias Sociales> Sociología; Ciencias Sociales> STS súper organismos; corporaciones; ciborgs; antropoceno; sociobiología superorganismos; corporações; ciborgues; Antropoceno; sociobiologia |
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Social Sciences> Cultural Studies; Social Sciences > Sociology; Social Sciences > STS superorganisms; corporations; cyborgs; anthropocene; sociobiology Ciencias Sociales>Comunicación; Ciencias Sociales> Sociología; Ciencias Sociales> STS súper organismos; corporaciones; ciborgs; antropoceno; sociobiología superorganismos; corporações; ciborgues; Antropoceno; sociobiologia Coulter, Steve Resistance is futile: the borg, the hive, and corporate hegemony |
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Social Sciences> Cultural Studies; Social Sciences > Sociology; Social Sciences > STS superorganisms; corporations; cyborgs; anthropocene; sociobiology Ciencias Sociales>Comunicación; Ciencias Sociales> Sociología; Ciencias Sociales> STS súper organismos; corporaciones; ciborgs; antropoceno; sociobiología superorganismos; corporações; ciborgues; Antropoceno; sociobiologia |
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The Borg, a collective of humanoid cyborgs linked together in a hive-mind and modeled on the earthly superorganisms of ant colonies and beehives, has been the most feared alien race in the Star Trek universe. The formidable success of the Borg in assimilating their foes corresponds to the astounding success of superorganisms in our own biosphere. Yet the Borg also serves as a metaphor for another collective of biological entities known as the corporation. In the Anthropocene epoch, corporations have become the most powerful force on the planet; their influence on the social world and the environment exceeds any government and may determine the continued sustainability of human life. Corporations have been described as people and as machines, but neither metaphor accurately describes their essence or contributes to an understanding that might resist their power. This paper reframes our understanding of the corporation by examining the metaphors that are used to describe it, and by suggesting an entirely new metaphor viewing the Borg and the corporation through the lens of sociobiology. I will argue that the corporation is a new form of superorganism that has become the dominant species on the planet and that the immense, intractable power of a globalized, corporate hive-mind has become the principal obstacle to addressing the planetary emergency of climate change. Reframing our metaphoric understanding of corporations as biological entities in the planetary biosphere may enable us to imagine ways to resist their increasing dominance and create a sustainable future. |
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