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  "path": "/poetry-for-engineers-cyborg-laboratory",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-30T15:13:01.000Z",
  "site": "https://spectrum.ieee.org",
  "tags": [
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    "Biomedical",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nThis is the place where you face yourself,\nthe you that could be you with a few\ndifferent parts, a pump for your heart,\neyes off color, and fresh off the shelf\nfake hair (a bit obvious), skin smoothed.\nYou’re not perfect, but it’s a good start.\n\nDown to small digits, you’ll be improved.\nMemory maintained by small motors,\nas long as these gizmos don’t glitch.\nWhat’s before you? Full replacement or\na constant game of test and switch,\npieces peeled off, disconnected, removed,\nuntil you are not yourself, at least,\nnot the self you knew. That self has ceased,\nbit by bit less you at each release.",
  "title": "Poetry for Engineers: Cyborg Laboratory"
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