# We Are Already Mental Cyborgs by Andy Clark
> “We are already (mental) cyborgs.”
> **— Andy Clark**, *2000, Edge Annual Question: “WHAT IS TODAY'S MOST IMPORTANT UNREPORTED STORY?”*
## Sources and Context
- **Direct Edge response and surrounding essay:** [That the Human Mind is Less and Less In the Head](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11365) — the official response page preserves this exact, continuous passage and its surrounding argument.
- **Complete local collection index:** [[research/Edge 2000 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2000 Full Quotation Curation]] — retained source-first record for the response object and all canonical reminder links derived from it.
## Related Articles and Collections
- **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]]
- **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]]
- **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]
- **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Host Infrastructure Overview]]
- **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]
- **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]]
- **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Extended Mind Thesis|Extended Mind Thesis]]
## Related Topics
- [[wiki/Extended Mind Thesis|Extended Mind Thesis]]
- [[wiki/Collective Intelligence|Collective Intelligence]]
- [[wiki/Superorganism|Superorganism]]
- [[wiki/Human-Machine Symbiosis|Human-Machine Symbiosis]]
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— Andy Clark, 2000, Edge Annual Question: “WHAT IS TODAY'S MOST IMPORTANT UNREPORTED STORY?”
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