HEARING COLORS: MY LIFE EXPERIENCE AS A CYBORG

Neil Harbisson

Chapter 15 in Creativity, Imagination and Innovation:Perspectives and Inspirational Stories, 2018, pp 117-125 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: I was born with a rare visual condition called achromatopsia, which is characterized by total color blindness. Although I have never seen color, colors have always been a part of my life. They are omnipresent in our everyday life, and they have permeated language: yellow pages, Green Peace, the Red Cross, oranges, Bluetooth, Pink Panther, the Yellow Submarine, etc…

Keywords: Creativity; Innovation; Imagination; Aesthetics; Transdisciplinarity; Lateral Thinking; Testimonials; Inspiration; Intelligence; Knowledge Economy; Disruption; Dreams; Future (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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