The BORG is
a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek
universe. Aside from being the main threat in Star Trek: First Contact,
the BORG also play major roles in The
Next Generation and Voyager television series, primarily as an
invasion threat to the United Federation of Planets and the means of return to
the Alpha ... See more Quadrant for isolated Federation star-ship Voyager,
respectively. The BORG has become a
symbol in popular culture for any juggernaut against which "resistance is
futile.
The BORG manifest as cybernetically
enhanced humanoid drones of multiple species, organized as an interconnected
collective, the decisions of which are made by a hive mind, linked to subspace
domain. The BORG inhabits a vast
region of space in the Delta Quadrant of the galaxy, possessing millions of
vessels and having conquered thousands of systems. They operate solely toward
the fulfilling of one purpose: to "add the biological and technological
distinctiveness of other species to their own" in pursuit of perfection.
This is achieved through forced assimilation, a process which transforms
individuals and technology into BORG,
enhancing, and simultaneously controlling, individuals by implanting or
appending synthetic components.
"Your life is the sum result of all
the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control
the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You
can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself." Robert F. Bennett
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"For aesthetics is the mother of ethics…. Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe-not empirically, alas, but only theoretically-that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens." Joseph Brodsky
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"For aesthetics is the mother of ethics…. Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe-not empirically, alas, but only theoretically-that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens." Joseph Brodsky
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