''Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future'' is a 2004 non-fiction book by

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and sociologist James Hughes, which articulates

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as a socio-political ideology and program. The editors of the popular science magazine ''

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'' recommended ''Citizen Cyborg'' in their April 2005 issue.

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