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Gabriella Coleman investigates one of the most misunderstood cultures of the modern world.

Digital anthropologist Gabriella Coleman interviews the most influential actors in each era of the evolution of hacking culture from the 1970s to the present day.

Gabriella Coleman, a digital anthropologist most famous for her work with the Hacktivist collective Anonymous, interviews the most influential actors in each era of the evolution of hacking culture from the 1970s to the present day, unveiling how they have moulded the digital world, pop culture and global politics.

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Biella discovers the different reasons people hack their own bodies.

Biella explores biohacking - the hacking of the human body - and the different reasons why people are becoming cyborgs. 

She speaks with artist Moon Ribas about how tech can be used to push the boundaries of creative expression while putting humans in touch with the earth, and even the cosmos, and Winter Mraz an engineer who in the aftermath of a horrific car crash, used various implants to improve her body, and hack her way to an easier way to live with mental and physical disabilities.

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